About

Hello There!

My name is Rizabel, but everyone calls me "Rizza", I am a furniture artist, woodworker, home stager, artisan, and the owner of Touched Up Classics.

I am a proud mom of six wonderful children,and a blessed grandma of two beautiful grandchildren, Madison 4, Jaxon 3. Before I moved in the United States, I was a preschool teacher back in my country. In  2010, I took some nursing classes and never finished, but have been working in a healthcare field since 2012 to present.

Thankfully, I was still be able to squeeze in some time to study for interior design and got interest in home staging and decorating. Painting furniture was not really my intentions, but when I finished painting and re-upholstered my dining set, I just fell in-love with it and cannot stop it. So I kept painting our furniture when I am off work. Touched Up Classics is based in Palatine, IL.  I have a booth inside the Painted Tree Boutiques in Kildeer, IL. Recently, I opened another booth inside the Painted Tree in Bloomingdale, IL. 

I am so grateful to be an Elite retailer of Dixie Belle Paint Company in which we carry all DBPC products. TUC also sells WoodUBend, the heatable and bendable furniture appliques. I recently added FUSION MINERAL PAINT in my product line.