drawing, drawers, draw

My busy few weeks seem to be drawing to a close. I am happy to be through with them, but I also feel like I got a whole lot accomplished. Especially this piece of furniture I’ve overhauled.
Liam’s parents brought this ugly old fake wood veneer dress down with them (as we were running out of places to put our clothes). I decided to get it covered up with paint immediately - and what a difference.
What was once dark, drab and retro (in a bad way) is now bright and shiny and white. I just have to find some nice handles. I’m either gonna spray paint something ugly (like the faux Victorian brass handles it came with) a bright neon turquoise, or splurge on some beautiful chrome Restoration Hardware drawer pulls.
Haven’t quite decided yet though. Depends on how I’m feeling and doing, (especially income-wise).
I’ve been thinking a lot about creativity and inspiration. There’s a lot of stuff going around that’s been making me excited. The latest issue of How Magazine has got some pretty hot stuff in it this month. I have actually been sketching and drawing more, but I find it a bit harder to conceptualize my designs on paper, so I’m not sure if I will fulfil my promise of a real-live Illustration Friday illustration. But I’m OK with that, because, I feel like just getting out there with real live pens and ink and paint is enough for now.
I’m hoping that I will stay on my creatively inspired track and come up with both a big personal project to work on (I’ve got some ideas), and perhaps even the courage and time to start promoting myself for more freelance gigs.
Of course, I have a last bit of work to do on The Very Big Project (that Just Won’t Die).
Just some playing around with something that my client decided they wanted to change.
At the last minute.
Which doesn’t stress me out too much, but I’m not the one who has to get it to print in the next couple days.
The reality is that for the most part, this client has been delightful, so I don’t mind a bit of bureaucratic mind-changing.