Featured Retailer: Market Street Artisans and Designworks

Melanie Diamont and Cathy Robinson: 

We are a retailer featuring new & repurposed home furnishings along with Amy Howard at Home products and diy workshops teaching finishing techniques for furniture & accessories/design studio. Prior to finding Amy Howard at home’s finishing product line, we worked with many other paint products. We discovered Amy Howard at Home during the 2013 Home Furnishings Market in High Point, North Carolina.  We were amazed at the depth of her product line and decided at that point to become an Amy Howard Retailer.  After attending the June 2013 Retailer’s Workshop with Amy, Gene and their staff, we came back inspired to share our newfound skills with others. 

When a newly renovated property listed on the historical registry became available in downtown Mount Airy, NC, we realized we had found the ideal spot for our business.  Our local clientele is growing as people discover the ease and beauty of using these products.  In our new space, we have room for our offered workshops, including One Step & Gilding, Cabinet Door, Bring Your Own Piece and Zinc Duo. 

One of their One Step and Gilding Workshops

One Step Paige Blue with Bauhaus Buff, light and dark waxes

Side Tables painted with the Massey Hill One Step and waxed with the Light and Dark waxes

Upholstered Ottoman with painted vintage washtub

Cartouche Green, Gilding, Dust of the Ages with Light and Dark waxes

Before and After- One Step Vintage Affliction with waxes

Metal Ceiling Tile with Zinc Solution and waxed

Metal Ceiling Tile with One Step in Dunavant Green and dry-brushed Metro Gray

You can find them on Facebook as

Market Street Artisans and Designworks.  

Visit their  newly restored studio at

235 market street in historic downtown mt. airy, nc

marketstreetartisans@gmail.com

ph. 336.648.8477 

Color Mixing: Palm Beach + Rugo

I love to mix colors! There are so many possibilities with our 38 One Step paint colors. When looking at a Color Wheel, you can see the three primary colors: Blue, Yellow, and Red. I decided for this project to mix the Rugo and Palm Beach which are similar to mixing Yellow and Blue as you can see below.

Today, we mixed the Palm Beach with the Rugo to make a pretty Green.

Inspiration:

With painting a frame,  you can even add a touch of gold leaf as an accent

It is fun to add color to the inside of your bookcase

I love to find inspiration from nature!

Love the color of this distressed green chest

A great way to add color is to even paint a mirror frame

I love this bright room!

It is always great to mix pattern as well as color.

You can purchase any of our One Step Colors for your project here!

My Entryway: Before + After

When we first looked at buying our rescue house, I loved the entryway. It was dated but I saw the potential. The 11 foot ceilings and 4 feet wide staircase felt open and spacious.

Before

In the 80's and 90's marbleized trim was all was the rage. The wainscoting was big in this home. We tore put most of it to keep a more simple approach to the entry.

I decided to keep the crown and base moulding and forego the wainscoting. Keeping the trim and the walls the same color opened up the entry even more. The carpeted stairs were the first to go. I loved seeing the beautifully refinished oak stair treads in their original glory.

Looking down from the 2nd floor

After

The contrast of our art collection with the traditionally designed antebellum home pops in contrast with artists like Rochat, Robinette, and Krispo. Keeping the entry free of the standrd console or chest feels edited and calming to me.

I do like the contrast of the 16th century Italian altar chairs with the encaustic Rochet paintings.

I kept the rugs light and muted. That way the concentration was on the contrast of the white gallery walls.

Since our entry is the centerpiece of the house, it is also a nice pallet cleanser before  you enter the Zuber papered Dining Room and brightly colored Living Room.

Walking inside!

Details of the artwork

Looking down from the landing

Featured Retailer: Hill House Interiors

I am excited to share with you our featured retailer this week, Hill House Interiors. Claire from Hill House Interiors offers design services to clients in Macon, Georgia and surrounding areas, including metro Atlanta. They specialize in interior design and all things design related.

Currently, Claire sells the At Home products at Scott's Antique Market in Atlanta the 2nd weekend of each month(Thursday through Sunday) and at Westside Market in the trendy West End district of Atlanta.

At Scotts there are about 3500 dealers who come as well as shoppers from all over the country.  "I see many of the millions of pieces of discarded furniture show up among the dealers.  The fit is just perfect for Rescue. Restore. Redecorate.   The response to the paints, lacquers zinc solution and mirror antiquing solution has been phenomenal.  When people see the finished product, they understand why it is different.  I tell them, "We aren't just painting old furniture, we are giving it a new finish "  and they completely agree. I think it is very important to point out that these are finishing products, and  not just paint,  which preserves or even heightens the integrity of the piece."

Westside market is in the trendy West End of Atlanta.  The area is teeming with interior options.  "My booth there houses the products so that shoppers from Atlanta can access the products between markets.  It is a great booth market with a great collection of merchants. I will host workshops and will offer some Saturday classes."

Claire shared with me, "I love brainstorming with people about how they can use the products.  When the trusty gallon size zip log bag stuffed with fabric swatches, paint cards and photos come out I get so excited.  As a designer, I have spent my career making choices for people and helping them get the most out of what they have.  Many of my clients simply defer to me, so working with the DIY person has been a lot of fun.  Last month a mother came by my booth who was working on her young daughter's room. She wanted to paint the headboard and custom made barn door closet doors.  She chose Cartouche Green for the doors and the Jazz it Up Pearl for a wicker headboard. Paired with the celadon and chartreuse print pillows she had found, her work was done. What satisfaction! I also had a husband and wife stop by to choose a color to paint a bar top he was going to build for their recreation room.  I thought how handsome it would with a  zinc top and a base using the cracked patina with Bauhaus and Selznick.  They never imagined they could achieve such a look on their own. So rich and custom."

I love to hear about how creative my retailers are with the use of the products and how much they love to share and help others rescue, restore, and redecorate!

Hill House Interiors

inside Westside Market

1530 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd.

Atlanta, GA 30318

(478) 941-3466

hillhouseint@gmail.com

Hill House Interiors 

inside Scotts Antique Market

3650 Jonesboro Road SE

Atlanta, GA 30354

(478) 475-5612

hillhouseint@gmail.com

www.hillhousemacon.com

Hill House Interiors's Facebook page

Dark Color Combination

With 38 One Step Colors available, I love to combine colors and use them together. Below I painted on foam core the three colors next to one another so that you can see what they would actually look like out of the can.

 Inspiration:

I like either a light and airy feel OR dark graphite and black walls.

I love the drama of this room.

Monochromatic and mixing textures is so fabulous!

New Lacquer Colors

Happy Saint Patricks Day! 

Today, I am excited to announce that our three new lacquer colors: Orchid, Pink, and Eggplant are now available to purchase online!

Inspiration: