I am a CERTIFIED INTERIOR DECORATOR, living in Delray Beach, FL.
For years (many, really…), I have been doing things, with color, forms, shapes, little pieces, rooms.
My first “project” was to transform a small bedroom in the first house I remember living, into my own space, even though the one I was sharing with my sister was big, had French doors to a balcony. I was 11 years old, and my mother was freaking out, out of the mess I’d make, and the disastrous (and much probable) results of that “project” of mine...
So, I got the little money I had saved, out of the weekly allowance, combined with an eventual one received as a X-Mas or birthday gift, hopped into a bus, and went to a paint store; nobody knew how to help me out with the color I had in mind – dark blue…that was 1968, when latex paint had to be mixed with little tubes of colorants, to achieve a very light hue. After about ten of those dark blue tubes, all I had was a medium blue – so, I settled for that, and I also bought a can of a bright yellow glossy enamel.. The next step was the fabric store, where I spent the rest of themoney, buying many yards of a cotton floral fabric, to cover the doors of a double built-in closet.
After painting the room (my sister helped me out, but first rolled me in blue…), I covered the closet doors with the floral cotton fabric, and I did have some leftovers that I used for the door and window frames, as well as for a couple of pillow shams. I asked my father to remove that hideous fluorescent light fixture, hanging from chains, and put up an old industrial metal lamp, which I painted with the bright yellow enamel.
The results: my Mother was so stunned, that every single person coming over was “forced” to go upstairs and see the room…since then, I guess I have never stopped.
Even though pursuing a dream and successful career as a veterinarian, the crafty dwarfs living inside my soul never came to be quiet – so, at every spare moment of my days (and mainly nights), I was always into something with my hands and colors.
My Mother had a designer's soul, and an extreme passion and devotion for all living forms; with a great eye for aesthetics, she taught me and my sister to knit; she was also great in artistic paint, even though she didn’t produce too many. My sister, Denise, is an amazing knitter, all into lacing and delicate pieces – check out her blog, it’s delightful: http://denisevonposer.blogspot.com or her wonderful handknitting wonders, at www.luxurylace.com.br ; as for myself, I am a very, very rustic knitter – I use broom handles as knitting needles, rope, twine, scraps of fabric, cotton, and I have a blast, with curtains, pillows, throws and rugs. My Father was always amazed at my "doodles", and kept saying that I was getting somewhere... I hope he is right (!!!).
So, after I professionally “closed” the veterinarian chapter (even though I am still a Veterinarian), I decided to study interior decoration, and got my degree and international certification, and I spend my days wishing I could have 8 or more hands, like an octopus, in order to carry out four projects simultaneously (which I do, anyways, but with only two good hands, takes a little longer…)
Bottom line: I restore pieces of furniture, or turn them into something else, and that includes almost like everything, from switch plates to ceiling fixtures, dresses, chairs, wine boxes, shelves, and such; I knit and crochet (which I don’t really love doing, which usually happens when I finish it), I sew (and most definitely do not like doing it, but it is a necessary karma sometimes). I also paint from canvasses to walls, I use watercolors (love them!), acrylics, texture paints. All in all, I have fun doing my stuff, lots of fun!
I hope you like my pieces as well, and I hope you keep coming and visit them as often as you can, either here, under “Gallery” or at “Address”, also, if you have something you like, but would have in mind another color, or even if you see something I have done, and want it somehow different, I may be able to custom make it for you, just ask!
Oh, and my name is Marcia Jones, I was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I lived for 46 years before moving to the U.S.
My first “project” was to transform a small bedroom in the first house I remember living, into my own space, even though the one I was sharing with my sister was big, had French doors to a balcony. I was 11 years old, and my mother was freaking out, out of the mess I’d make, and the disastrous (and much probable) results of that “project” of mine...
So, I got the little money I had saved, out of the weekly allowance, combined with an eventual one received as a X-Mas or birthday gift, hopped into a bus, and went to a paint store; nobody knew how to help me out with the color I had in mind – dark blue…that was 1968, when latex paint had to be mixed with little tubes of colorants, to achieve a very light hue. After about ten of those dark blue tubes, all I had was a medium blue – so, I settled for that, and I also bought a can of a bright yellow glossy enamel.. The next step was the fabric store, where I spent the rest of themoney, buying many yards of a cotton floral fabric, to cover the doors of a double built-in closet.
After painting the room (my sister helped me out, but first rolled me in blue…), I covered the closet doors with the floral cotton fabric, and I did have some leftovers that I used for the door and window frames, as well as for a couple of pillow shams. I asked my father to remove that hideous fluorescent light fixture, hanging from chains, and put up an old industrial metal lamp, which I painted with the bright yellow enamel.
The results: my Mother was so stunned, that every single person coming over was “forced” to go upstairs and see the room…since then, I guess I have never stopped.
Even though pursuing a dream and successful career as a veterinarian, the crafty dwarfs living inside my soul never came to be quiet – so, at every spare moment of my days (and mainly nights), I was always into something with my hands and colors.
My Mother had a designer's soul, and an extreme passion and devotion for all living forms; with a great eye for aesthetics, she taught me and my sister to knit; she was also great in artistic paint, even though she didn’t produce too many. My sister, Denise, is an amazing knitter, all into lacing and delicate pieces – check out her blog, it’s delightful: http://denisevonposer.blogspot.com or her wonderful handknitting wonders, at www.luxurylace.com.br ; as for myself, I am a very, very rustic knitter – I use broom handles as knitting needles, rope, twine, scraps of fabric, cotton, and I have a blast, with curtains, pillows, throws and rugs. My Father was always amazed at my "doodles", and kept saying that I was getting somewhere... I hope he is right (!!!).
So, after I professionally “closed” the veterinarian chapter (even though I am still a Veterinarian), I decided to study interior decoration, and got my degree and international certification, and I spend my days wishing I could have 8 or more hands, like an octopus, in order to carry out four projects simultaneously (which I do, anyways, but with only two good hands, takes a little longer…)
Bottom line: I restore pieces of furniture, or turn them into something else, and that includes almost like everything, from switch plates to ceiling fixtures, dresses, chairs, wine boxes, shelves, and such; I knit and crochet (which I don’t really love doing, which usually happens when I finish it), I sew (and most definitely do not like doing it, but it is a necessary karma sometimes). I also paint from canvasses to walls, I use watercolors (love them!), acrylics, texture paints. All in all, I have fun doing my stuff, lots of fun!
I hope you like my pieces as well, and I hope you keep coming and visit them as often as you can, either here, under “Gallery” or at “Address”, also, if you have something you like, but would have in mind another color, or even if you see something I have done, and want it somehow different, I may be able to custom make it for you, just ask!
Oh, and my name is Marcia Jones, I was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I lived for 46 years before moving to the U.S.