1920's Side Chair

Pictured here  is an old chair with a second chance at a charmed life.  It proudly wears its history but  has been fitted with completely new upholstery padding and a romantic seat fabric (from Waverly).  This sweet thing just came out of my Workshop today.

Dressy Dresser

Visit My Decor & Furnishings Shop to see  an unusual and charming antique dresser reconditioned in my workshop and ready for a home.

Art: For the Mini Show

I'll submit this little painting (9"x9"), Croquet Balls,  gouache on Arches paper, for the "Small Works" exhibit next month (Utah Watercolor Society).

Above:  Croquet Balls, Toni Youngblood, gouache on Arches paper 9"x9", 2012.

Constraints of the Mini Show:  No part of the work may be greater than 12 inches, and that includes the frame.

May Gallery Stroll -Tonight 6-9PM

Charley Hafen Jewelers- Gallery features a grouping of three exhibits:  Thangka Paintings:  Tibetan religious paintings offering a beautiful manifestation of the divine, Photographs of Nepal by Carmen Fournier and the rare ethnographic jewelry of Jacki Marsh of Rabbask Designs.

For a complete listing of this evening's Gallery Stroll, click here.

Lace Window Screens

Visit My Decor & Furnishings Shop to see how four tired old window screens have a second chance and another purpose:  Suspended room dividers, wall art...

Antique Framed Menu Chalkboard

This is a chalk menu board I created by preserving/stabilizing a lovely tattered antique frame.     

Above:  Details of the top center of the frame.

Some of the decorative pieces of the frame had been lost.  I sealed the remaining ornamentation and secured the frame connections and joints.

Mirrors originally occupied the three openings in the frame.  This tripartate style mirror was a common fixture in homes for centuries and was designed for hanging over the fireplace mantel.

Above:  Details along the side of the frame.

I made chalkboard panels cut to fit the openings where the mirrors once were (long gone by the time I discovered this piece) and installed them into the three openings of the frame.  I attached new wall-hanging hardware, thus giving this discarded old frame a second life as a unique menu board.


The menu board is now available at Home Again Consignment at 1019 E. 2100 S. in Sugarhouse.

Recently Completed Painting Commission

Painting by Toni Youngblood 24"x24"Acrylic on canvas

I recently completed this painting of a favorite Beatles' album cover, commissioned by a musician as a gift for the birthday of his girlfriend.