LA DOLFINA

A cast iron club chair made from salvaged materials (image via Design Sponge) I picked up this set of vintage cast iron bench ends about a year ago.  They were just too gorgeous to leave behind.   But they have been languishing in my backyard ever since. That is until today when I came across this wonderfully creative repurposing of them on the blog, Design Sponge.  And to think it was my first time there.  You can be sure it won't be my last! I love a good summer project!  

One of the things I saw the other day poking around my favorite haunts was this collection of old wheels.   Yesterday I picked up the latest issue of Flea Market Style and came across this article featuring several DIY projects using rusty, crusty old wheels! Pretty amazing what you can do with old wheels, isn't it?

I spent Saturday afternoon with an artistic genius who happens to be a dear friend. His name is Ron Morgan.   He ushered me into his workshop where he took out a brush and a can of paint and showed me how to transform a rather ordinary pair of mirrors, that I had sitting in my prop shop collecting dust, with just a few simple brushstrokes. I brought them over intending to spray them a different color, but he took one look at them and declared... "They're Fab!" "I love the color, all they need is a bit more drama". And just like that he dipped his brush into the paint and brushed it into the center of the rings, adding bamboo leaf detail to each one. He handed me the brush saying... "Now get to it!" I have a confession to make,  I am a Virgo, a perfectionist, and I have resisted doing many things myself because I always want them to be perfect, so this was my moment of truth! There was no way I was going to embarrass myself in f...