Gallery Wall

Here is a peek at a gallery wall in my Mom's solarium.

It's fun to use things you already have in different ways

and we had some fun playing with frames.

Several of you asked about the Franklin stove painting

project. Here are some answers to your

questions:

These little stoves do function as fairly powerful heaters.

A heating unit under the stove is what produces the heat.

I DID NOT paint this heating unit. I carefully masked it off

with plastic before painting to ensure that none of the

paint seeped through to this unit.

There is a light inside the door that goes on to create what

appears to be flames behind the door, just like you would

see in a real wood stove.

The paint I used on this piece was Krylon indoor/outdoor

spray paint in Celery and it is a gloss finish. I usually like to

use a satin finish, but for this piece I wanted to simulate the

baked on enamel finish often found on more expensive

stoves.

I think it would be fun to paint one of these in red! But it

would be fun to have one in turquoise or even pink.

Bentley ~ I promise not to paint any of your toys!!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo