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Palm tree and sea oats add to the palm tree theme in this bathroom. This palm is located behind the bathroom door.
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More palm trees painted on the other side of the bathroom.
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I extended the fronds up on the airvent....helps disguise it...
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Palm trees painted in masterbath..Client has used palm tree/palmetto trees in her decor throughout her house....
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Another view of the palms...the colors I use in the trunk goes so well with her tile in her shower area...
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Faux bamboo and rattan accent a headboard that now can be used in any bedroom....
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Headboard before....it was pretty beat up and PLAIN
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Palm tree design painted on tabletop...notice the palm trees in her fabric/wallpaper above the window.
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Wood charger plate and clay saucer coasters painted with freehand palm tree design...
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Monkey hugging palm tree...painted on wooden charger from IKEA
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Palm tree items...new color combos though...pale yellow(chamomille) and red/burnt carmines.
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Wine glasses painted with palm trees..I also put a faux finish on the bases and gold leafing around the bottom edge.
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Monkey and palm fronds on wooden slat chair...Monkeys are also a big decorating trend here now along with the palm trees.
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Closeup of my monkey...Ive painted this monkey a couple times in murals...
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Custom order...I sell ALOT of the wooden light switch covers with palms...
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This is a new piece of furniture...it had lots of strokework flowers/scene on the front...sanded all that off, matched the existing faux finish and painted the palm tree on the front.
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Another view of the chest...this piece belongs to the giftshop..didnt sell with the other design on it
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More painted flagstones for the garden nursery...
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More Palm trees painted on some trays I bought at Michaels...
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Some round pieces I found at Michaels...one has a bamboo border painted on it..the other a fauxfinish
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A few of the clay coasters I paint with the palm tree design for the shop...Cant stay ahead of the sales...
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I found these marked down at Wallys...they were white..nothing is safe
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Palm trees painted on unglazed tiles....
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New palm design painted on chargers..Green border is done with 2 shades of green and alcolhol...
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New palm design done with the red/carmine faux finish border..
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Palmetto trees painted on the papier mache boxes..same red/burnt carmine faux finish on the tops
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Palm tree design painted on faux finished background with a leopard print border on a dining room tabletop..
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A sample of her fabric being used in the breakfast area..it has palms, elephants
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The table was a new oak table..The client used a dark stain on the base..
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I used berry red and a burnt carmine glaze to do the faus finish on the outside rim of the table..The clients ceiling in the room is the red color.
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This is the top half of a bed post...I wanted to bring out the pineapple design..I used lots of washes on the pineapple to give it depth..
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I have 2 of these to paint for a client...shes going to use them on her buffet as accent pieces..Ive just started painting this one
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An old overnight case I painted leopard print and a palm tree on...the background of this piece was wonderful..the perfect raw sienna color...loved it.I wanna keep it..
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The case belongs to the same client I did the newel posts for....I want to keep it though...lol..it looks great in my master bath..
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Palm tree design painted on yet another boot...
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Used ribbon for the laces...
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Faux rattan/bamboo painted on those inexpensive boxes from Michaels.
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The clay coasters I paint fit perfectly into these boxes..Makes a great giftset.
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Palm trees, animal prints and faux bamboo legs creates a pretty niffy table...
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Faux window painted on the front doors of the cabinet.
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Palm trees painted in entryway of a new home. The homeowner is moving to SC from Florida..
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Palm tree painted at the front door..
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Palm tree design painted on top of the dropleaf table.
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Old table before painting.
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I did a faux finish on the top of the table.
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Another view of the table top before painting.
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Palm tree painted on wooden gate that leads into backyard.
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Closeup view of the palm/moon on gate. This is done in a new community of garden homes.
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Large palm tree painted in hallway. The client has palm tree decor through out her home.
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Another view of the tree. You can see the palm through the front door when the door is open.
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Another country pine piece given a facelift...
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These colors will lend itself to any decor..
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Wooden planters painted with palm tree design.
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Old tired lampshades given a fresh new look.
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Palm tree design painted on plain white ceramic spoon rest..
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Martini glasses with painted palm trees. Bottoms have a red faux finish with gold accents.
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This style of martini glass is selling like crazy in the giftshop..I love the crooked stem.
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My pineapple design painted on a variety of surfaces...wine glasses, tray, planter, tiles, and charger plate..I used bronzes, black, chamomile as accent colors..
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Pineapple candle holdders I "found" at the Family Dollar Store...$2 a piece...
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The pineapple candle holders after I painted them...
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Pineapple design freehanded on slate roofing.
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Pineapple design painted on the halfshade nitelites...I embellished the bottom half with trim.
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Palmetto tree design painted on piece of slate.
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Faux finish background in moon yellows/golden browns glaze mixture.
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Bacground painted moon yellow(doesnt show up in the pic, though) trim has yellow and reds.
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Palm tree design painted on nitelite..
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Palmetto tree nitelite...
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Palm tree paperweights....
I have about 100 of these lil rocks to paint....oh so many possibilities...
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Palmetto trees painted on tumbled stone tiles...4 coasters to a set.
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Poinsettia painted on a wooden charger. The rim is done in the faux red finish with renaissan foil in patches around the outside band and all the way round the inside rim.
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Here is the paper napkin, I used as inspiration to do the poinsetta.
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Palm trees painted on bisque ornaments.
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I did faux finishes on the back side and trimmed the chamomille centers in antique gold.
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Black charger plate I painted pineapple on...The charger is very glossy and made of plastic...but looks great painted.
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Poinsetta painted on another black charger plate..I picked these up for $1.99 each.
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I love the green ones...
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The colors of the all the painted elements really popped after I gave them a coat of gloss varnish..This was before..
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I painted the palm trees directly on the tiles...I love the wire holder that came with the set...
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Here are the coasters before I removed the paperbacked chef image..and then the plain tiles...
not a bad purchase for $2 a set which includes the wire holder...
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I picked these calendar/keyholders up cheap at a sale...calendars said 1991..so the colors and design werent going to sale sooo....
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South Carolina Palmettos painted on wooden charger plates.
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Hibiscus painted on goblets...bases are painted with black/green..
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Some painted rocks....
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Hibiscus Collection painted to sell at the giftshop....Vignette at the entry of the store is done in a tropical theme for summer.
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Wooden charger(IKEA)...Black background makes the hibiscus pop..
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Some claypots and a wooden box w/lid also painted with hibiscus.
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Would you believe this is actually a small table top, it had no legs..and was perfect for a sign.
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Palmfrond collection, also for the tropical entry of giftshop...
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Toucan and palm fronds painted on wooden charger....I used a drawing in Jane Crick's bood,"Painting Gone Wild" as inspiration for this piece...
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Claypots, boxes and trashcan...I LOVE this paper mache trashcan...found it on clearance at Wally's...only wish I had bought more of them now...
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Metal piece I painted for a client..
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Pods taken off the palm tree at my beachhouse....I left them in their natural state only cleaned and varnished them....They are so unusual...what an unusual piece of art....
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Close-up of the pod..the palm tree is painted straight the piece is just hanging crooked...
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6'metal palmetto tree I painted to coordinate with the new decor in a showroom.
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This is what the palmetto tree looked like prior to me priming, and painting it.
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The backside of the tree is also painted.
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Garden scene painted on louvre doors in my bathroom.
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You know I had to paint a palm tree....grinning....
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Looking out an open window was the view I was after...The hanging monkey ISNT painted...
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Various plants/fronds painted on cement floor. Carpet was ripped up and cement painted black.
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