paulatize | what she does to the design projects on her to do list

Have not entered a design contest since college. Too busy working that corporate busy long hour design position. Learning a lot, meeting a lot of people, seeing things, going places, expanding, growing, flying, driving, riding, walking, running, carrying, printing, sketching, roosters, dots, stripes, monogram, damasks, argyle, witches, Santa, snowmen, Easter bunnies, pumpkins, spreadsheets, Illustrator, Photoshop, trend boards, glue, paper, recaps, factories, tradeshows, shop

A $30 vintage mid-century rattan empire armchair I bought at Canton, TX First Monday Trade Days needed a makeover. (If you have not been to this junk, craft, import, need a tetanus shot heaven—YOU SHOULD GO! Details here: http://www.firstmondaycanton.com) Before versions of this chair can be found here https://www.etsy.com/listing/183920344/vintage-mid-century-caning-chair-rattan?ref=market and here http://www.pinterest.com/pin/448178600390542054/ It was faded burgundy velvet

Like everything else in our home what is on the walls changes as much as the color of the walls. I make new stuff, buy new stuff, redo existing stuff… and for large artwork pieces framing can be expensive. This portrait of my husband I drew last year is 32” W x 40” H will be a big chunk of change when I finally take it in to be framed. I still want to display it in the mean time with all the wall gallery home décor trends going on, so this is what I came up. My inspiration (f

And last of featured fabrics used in my curtains. Best! Pj #paulatize #diy #diycurtains #paulaschweikharddesign #fabric

And here is a break out of some of the fabrics used in my curtains... Best! Pj #paulatize #diy #diycurtains #paulaschweikharddesign #fabric

Pattern and color are for me. Fabric is that. So a curtain that I can open and let the light all the way in or close completely for privacy is what dresses our windows. We have tall ceilings in our home thus curtains in a lot of our rooms need to be custom lengths. I'm not a tailor or seamstress, and my seams are very crooked. Can’t follow a dress pattern very well… As in I’m not for hire on those projects. That disclosed I do get out my sewing machine frequently. I can do pa

I draw and paint. Most of the work I’ve done has been my own sketchy style: portraits, flowers, patterns, some animals, some character illustration for product, etc. One thing that has been kinda intimidating for me was abstract art. This was because I was not quite sure how to break up the subject matter in a meaningful way. But I think I found something that works for me, AND I think it can work for anyone who wants to dabble in abstract art. I worked on my piece for a coup

Painted rug process pics shown below. See previous post for additional direction on this project. Have a great day! Pj #paintedrug #paulatize #diy

Said I'd post more on the painted rug...and here it is. I had this perfectly fine woven jute rug, but my decor has changed 12 times since it was purchased and don't want to spend the $$$ on new one so I chose to paint it! There are TONS of examples of all kinds of painted rugs if you just do a search online for ‘painted rug’. My inspiration was this Jonathan Adler rug found here: http://www.therugcompany.com/int/harlequin-multi Supplies: paint, paint brush (I used 2” brush),

Welcome to paulatize! Name is what my mom says I do to things that enter my project list. It is a long list and changes minute to minute. I will be sharing some of those things with all of you starting today. Meet my creative team: Penny a pouting red bone coon hound Stuart a stinker Westie Husband Scott (not shown), who obliges my every creative whim with much patience. MUCH patience. And me--Paula or Pj pronounced 'Peedj' as those who knew me when call me. Puppy friends fea