Lowesville Cafe...

This past week I had the opportunity to work on some art

for friends of our son and DIL, who are

opening a cafe. What an awesome time I had.

I started with some inspiration from

Donna at Funky Junk Interiors.

I showed the owners Donna's stair make over

and they thought it was great.

So the plan was to paint right on the

wood paneling, like Donna did right on her stairs.

We were going for the look of old signage painted

on the side of barns that becomes worn and weathered.

Here is a picture of our son Seth

and his good friends, Debbie and Mike.

I started with their Logo...

then moved on to this Coffee sign.

Here it is after I distressed and glazed it. I had the help of a projector
for placement,
kinda like paint by number...
:)

Then I would shut the projector off to do
shading and finish work.
We changed the colors
to ones that Debbie liked the best.


After a painting was done and dry, it was time to break
out the sander. Makes distressing an easy job!


It really only takes me a couple of minutes
to age and distress with this method.


Debbie chose all the signs
and placement
and then I did my thing.
I had a blast!


So if you find yourself north of Charlotte, NC
in a few weeks
be sure to stop by the small town of
Lowesville and head over to the cafe for....




Breakfast...


maybe an ice cold beverage or...


a tall glass of good old Sweet Tea.


Even better come on over for Lunch.
I hear their hot dogs and burgers are the
best in town!

Make sure to tell them I sent you!
Blessings to you, Debbie and Mike,
we enjoyed our time with you.


Leigh Ann
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