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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016
Sugar Bowl Boutique officially opens its doors in downtown Lena with a celebratory ribbon cutting EDITOR
Angie Bauer started The Sugar Bowl Boutique in downtown Lena out of her love to create unique pieces to help create a personality for anyone’s home, and because she specializes in interior design, she brings a professional approach to designing spaces that reflect each individual customer. “The Sugar Bowl Boutique is several things in one,” said Bauer. “I repurpose furniture, I have a full line of chalk-type paint that is made here in the U.S., I have home décor and gifts, I carry a purse line and we do classes.” While discussing how she chooses a piece of furniture to “rescue” Bauer pointed out a bed frame with headboard and footboard painted to appear as faux cheetah. “That was a bed frame that someone dropped off, so I decided to play with it,” she said. “I was tired of just doing plain colors one day and had decided to do something fun with it when my seven-year-old, who just happens to absolutely love cheetahs, suggested I do a cheetah bed.” The rest is fun furniture history and today the frame sits on boutique display room floor trimmed in forest green with cheetah spot design filling the open areas. “Sometimes I find pieces through garage sales or auctions or on the side of the road or in dumpsters,” Bauer said. “I like to work with real wood. I like to work with dove tails and I like to work with a good quality, but ugly piece.” She describes a good quality, but ugly piece as furniture that no one wants anymore, but she sees as having real potential for repurposing. Chalk type paints The Sugar Bowl carries the full line of Heirloom Traditions chalk type paints. Chalk type paint is primarily used for painting furniture, although it can also be used for many other surfaces.
It has amazing adhesion qualities, and can be applied to pretty much any furniture in pretty much any condition. That means no prep. No sanding, no need to remove the shiny varnish and chalk-painted pieces are easy to distress because the paint can be easily removed just where you want it. “These paints are an all natural product. They are self-leveling and Heirloom Traditions is a fabulous company,” Bauer said. “It is a really good quality and I like that it is U.S. made and I love those ladies that run it.” The Sugar Bowl stocks some 58 colors of the Heirloom Traditions line and all the furniture repurposed there and all the items produced in Sugar Bowl classes are done with Heirloom products. “There are no chemicals, so there are no smells and you can paint in the house and there are no issues with health or safety,” said Bauer.
All natural “Farm to Shower” soaps The French soap line carried at The Sugar Bowl is made with quad milk and cold milled making the soaps more homogenous, with less air and moisture in the bar. “The process eliminates that familiar slimy yucky feel in soap,” said Bauer. “I also carry all natural Shea Butters and a full line of the Poo Purri, Before You Go products.” Poo~Pourri’s secret formula works by creating a barrier on the water’s surface-trapping odor before it begins! Liberate yourself from bathroom odor, from inhibiting worries and from harmful ingredients. TRACY SIEGNER PHOTO The Shopper’s Guide Contains no harsh chemicals, no parabens, no phthalates, no aerosols The Sugar Bowl Boutique owner Angie Bauer and her design team can help you create your vintage and no formaldehyde-ALL stink- home that will reflect your unique tastes. fightin’ good stuff! Spritz the Bowl Before You Go and No One Else Will Ever Know! “It’s a lot of fun,” she said. “I also have a line of candles made in Sand-
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