Projects with a springtime season, full of blooms & color!
season - spring
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Northfield Estate
Read moreNorthfield Estate offers an unforgettable experience and timeless, southern hospitality at its best. Nestled in the quiet countryside of Cumberland County, Virginia, Northfield Estate is a peaceful, secluded property that provides many gorgeous backdrops for a beautiful wedding ceremony and reception, as well as special events. Located only 50 miles from downtown Richmond and only 150 miles from Washington D.C., Northfield Estate covers more than 49 acres of timeless elegance…
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Yellow Brick House
Read moreMichelle Barbosa is a knock-out Realtor with River Fox Realty in Richmond, VA. I met Michelle at a networking group that she had spearheaded, searching for a group of local women business owners who support local women business owners. You may have heard of it, we named it Femme Forward. I liked Michelle right away – she’s smart, energetic, brave, and loves houses just as much as I do. I…
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Tudor, Your Excellency
Read moreWe were asked to create a house portrait for the Metlar-Bodine House Museum as a silent auction item. The House Museum is a yellow Victorian with a stature to command its stately presence – it’s enormous, yet delicately displays its Queen Anne trim work. The winner of the auction won the original artwork [created by Monarch] of the House Museum AND won a complimentary made-to-order home portrait! The winners, The…
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Tudor, Your Majesty
Read moreSettled in the thick wooden landscape of Raleigh, NC, this gorgeous home was sold by Ginger & Co at Keller Williams! The steep gabled rooflines and bold brown trim work along the facade is classic to the Tudor style of architecture. The original Tudor style is native to England in the Medieval 1500’s, with the born-again surge coming to America in the early 1900’s, known as Tudor Revival. Cathedral-like windows…
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Pesky Possums
Read moreThis story is too good to not tell, and it is told best in Turner’s testimonial! Our client, an enthusiastic master of alliteration, tells the funny story of the Pesky Possums that made this house portrait perfectly personalized. It’s a story of leadership, innocence, and paw patrol. I could not write this better myself, so I am going to leave the testimonial, the story, the legend, right here… Translation? There…
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Nala the Golden Girl
Read moreNala the Golden Girl is living her best life, captured right here in this pet portrait by Monarch Creative Studio. What a lovable, sweet girl she is – just like her mama! OK, OK – I may be a bit biased. True confession – This pet portrait was commissioned by my brother in law as a Christmas gift for his wife, Kristine! Nala and Kristine are inseparable – they both…
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Home Sweet Camper
Read moreHome is where you park it! This home away from home is everything to this family. In the Smoky Mountains is where they’d rather be, and Monarch captured it perfectly with this home portrait. We had to make quite a few improvisations, like setting The Smokies in the background, posing the red Adirondack chair & umbrella, and adding in the family’s two sweet pups! Home comes in many shapes, forms,…
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Pennsylvania Breeze
Read moreThis beautiful home portrait is all about the landscape design. What a gorgeous keepsake gift to celebrate the hard work and pride that goes into building an estate. This architectural rendering was handmade with love by Monarch Creative Studio. Working with McKenzie was a total breeze. From start to finish she made me part of the process. I had originally contacted her to recreate my house as a gift for…
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Happy Hydrangeas
Read moreWe take great pride in our custom home portraits, handmade with love, by Monarch Creative Studio. The colors in this piece are so happy and bright, you can’t help but smile! What a great keepsake gift! McKenzie did an amazing job capturing my parents’ home. My parents’ garden was on point this past spring and she was able to capture the beauty of it. She also added in my moms…
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Garden & Golden
Read moreOne door closes, another door opens. Parting with a home can be heartbreaking, especially if your green thumbs and golden paws cultivated a knockout garden like this! [We may have embellished a little bit, but make no mistake – this garden is 100% real!] So when the time comes to close that door, it’s important to honor your hard work. Honor yourself and your family with a home portrait that…