Karen Hetzer Artworks: 2025

18.3.25

13.3.25

Ok....the chest in the previous post was listed on Facebook Marketplace and has had 264 views but no contacts from potential buyers :-(. Not true, I did get one contact from an interested buyer but the size did not work. And I got a contact from someone just telling me how much they liked the piece...that was nice 😊

I put on hold the tall chest of drawers (also listed in a previous post below) still not sure what I will do with it. Instead I'm working on a piece I've had for quite some time. When I first found and purchased it, it looked like this.....

and right now this is where its at.

I had started first working on the door to this piece but then when I started working on the base (going in a totally unexpected direction) I decided the door design I had started just wouldn't work with this, so I'm rethinking on the direction this will go. Yes those are upholstery tacks on the top portion of the front legs, its really more stunning in person, I really like the look.....but oh what to do with the door front???🤔 It started as a serene pasture scene with a stream and fields, cows etc.....but that just won't work for this now.

I think while I'm trying to figure this one out I'll start the sanding of the tall chest of drawers tomorrow.

24.2.25

Chest is finished!

OK, so the white chest I bought is finished and it was so much fun working on it.

Oops....forgot to put the top drawer handles back on before taking the picture but you get the idea. I love how it turned out, so much so that I'm hesitating on listing it for sale, but I will eventually.

I got a bit careless today and spent money a bit to close to rent paying time. I saw this other chest of drawers for sale by the same person I bought the one above from and I'm sorry, but I had to have it. It was delivered today.

No definite plan yet design wise. The cabinet part and maybe the small drawers will be painted, probably a very dark grey framing whatever I will paint on the front. Not sure yet what design will go on the rest of the front. Not crazy about that swag thing on the one drawer but it may be too hard to remove without damaging the veneer underneath. We'll see.

24.1.25

Oh My Goodness!

Down in the dumps lately, not sure why 🤔

Today I saw this charming, charming, charming buffet on Craigslist for $85 and it brought back all the feelings of being in a studio/shop painting furniture......I have to have it, not for me but to paint/resell!! Maybe its time to turn my (never used as a dining room) dining room into a studio? Just made an appointment to see it in the morning :-)

Next day........So I ended up not buying the one below (the buffet), she was just in a little too rough condition but I did buy something else, a nice vintage chest of drawers in really stable condition, clean and ready to paint. Now to decide how to make her stunning! Scrolling down are a couple done in the past that I really like. I think I'll take a sneak peek at Etsy to see whats popular and selling now days.

17.1.25

Canceled My Facebook Account

Canceled my Facebook account today, ha...not that anyone will notice. I never spent much time on it and when I did it was just time wasted. Plus.....after all this news reporting on the three who will be sitting by Trump as he is sworn in its a bit of a political statement on my part.....I think Amazon is going to have to go as well.

On a brighter note, I'm back to painting :-) and sold two on ebay this past week.