In process for Rock Island Antique Spectacular show...

I've been working on several projects for our upcoming show at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island, Illinois... the show is next weekend, March 4th-6th. Visit Melting Pot Productions for show hours, admission costs, etc. It's a great show. Make sure to stop by our booth in the way back corner and introduce yourself and say hello. My daddy and I will be there...

This is one of a set of 4 chairs that I am painting and upholstering in pastels. 2 arm chairs are pink and green, 2 side chairs are yellow and blue... white upholstery... I hope I can do them justice as they are pretty fun chairs.
This was a sofa table that was in really sorry shape when Bobby started on it... He built the leg braces and put the shelf under it and then painted it white for me... there was a stain on the top that kept coming through, so I decoupaged this fantastic piece of old wall paper on the top. I love how it turned out. What do you think?
This is about the most solid wicker table I have ever worked with. It was a terrible bright yellow when we started painting it... now a perfect pastel green. I don't think it will last long.
We sold several small pieces of furniture in the last few days so I had to do a quick rearrange in the shop yesterday... This was the result in the 2nd room...

I love the style of this old iron bed...

Time to load up the trailer tomorrow... Rock Island Antique Spectacular this weekend!!!

We've been feverishly working to get ready for our show this weekend. I'm really getting excited about it. We did the show in Anamosa in January, but I have a pretty small booth there and it is hard to "show my stuff". Rock Island is a bit different. I have a big booth and love to set up little room settings. I don't have as much in upholstered furniture that I would like to take, as my couch and chair that won't seem to sell have already been there.
I'm planning a nursery display and have lots of vintage baby clothing, knick knacks, prints, blankets, dolls, bonnets and other toys that I can't wait to play with. I painted a baby blue wardrobe that I got just last Sunday and we wainscotted the sides. I think it will be adorable all decked out for a nursery. Bob painted another little cupboard today that is turning out so cute... it was a homemade gun cabinet that someone started trying to strip... it just needed paint, not stripped. We took out the insides, added shelves and a divided glass front on the door and it is so sweet... only a little over a foot wide, about five feet tall and has a great little storage drawer at the bottom. I'm so eager to do a display in it. We are painting it magnolia white, so it could be used in just about any room... the perfect little display case!!!
I'm just about exhausted, so I'm heading up to be for tonight. I'll try to get a few more pictures on tomorrow.
Come see me in Rock Island!!!