This week I painted in Old Town Sharpsburg for a lovely woman, Susan, opening up a handmade children's items boutique called Toodles. It's amazing to see the cute and creative things people come up with. I painted the sign for over the doors interior and the mural in the back near the nursery area. The building is so extremely old and used to be a general store for the little town. It still has the running ladders on each side to access the long-ago-removed shelving for the general store. The walls are old brick and the back door is like that of an old cotton gin. No running water and no restrooms. The only restrooms in town are at the recreation center as all the buildings are antiques.
The shop opens in August due to a filming company utilizing the space for a few episodes of a television program- I don't know which one. The mural is of Velveteen Rabbit meeting Peter Rabbit as he gathers radishes. Looks like it came right out of a storybook page. I tried to use lime green and raspberry as much as I could to match the future shop decor colors. A few more accents need to be made but that might have to wait for after filming or maybe just next week!.And after meeting with a past client that has become a member of my family, I again get to paint in her beautiful home for her daughter. We will be taking some scrapbooking ideas and bringing them to life on the wall. I think it will be so fun to look at when finished for this teenager client!
And a follow up note on the wonderful paint used for striping ---- well the representative at the paint shop was most gracious in reimbursing me totally - covering the extra time and supplies needed to repair. He didn't even squirm on what I think was a defective paint or paint mixing so that was a plus ! Although I am completely over painting stripes for the rest of my life !
