Just a quick post to share one of those "meant to be" pairings. I picked up this adorable print a couple of months ago at a thrift store. It's titled "Suspense" and is by Charles Burton Barber, painted sometime between 1845 and 1894.
As I am sure you've already guessed, I love the little victorian girls especially when they are surrounded by cute little furry or feathery creatures! Unfortunately this sweet print was in a very outdated oak frame and surrounded by an army green and burnt orange matting (so not my colors). Typically a few coats of cream paint will update a frame enough for me to call it re-styled and sweetened up, but this little girl was just begging for something more elegant! One of my purchases last week was an empty frame...I bought because I liked the style and the color and the price was just right-on! I had no idea it would fit this sweet print I had been holding onto...but it did! Unfortunately it didn't come with glass in it (part of why the price was so nice)...and it was a smaller size than the frame the print was in originally, so I couldn't steal that piece of glass. I poked around the garage a bit and just happened across THE perfect piece of picture frame glass (rescued from the recycling pile...just in the nick of time!) Get ready, wait for it...
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| "Before" Blah! |
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| "After!" Tada! |
