Show Us Your...Painted Furniture

[lepapillonvert]

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[loverazor]

its been posted before but:

before:

[archanglrobriel]

Wow, that's brilliant! What kind of paint did you use for that? Was the base piece untreated/plain wood or did you have to sand off a veneer to do that?

[loverazor]

it was untreated wood. On sale for $25 so couldnt beat that.

I painted it with regular ol flat/matte house wall paint.
When it was done I put down a sealer so it wouldnt chip or get dirty.

[rauracle]

that is very awesome!

[gypsymarie]

div>i found this table and chairs last fall off craigslist for $60
(my kitchen looks sooo much different now!)

[grrillaesthete]

I LIKE the grampa sneakers (you can spray paint those guys, just FYI), and love the color!

[gypsymarie]

Yeah, I almost sprayed them too, but they don't slide across the floors well anyways. I'm gonna try to get creative with cork and felt ;)

[spamerella324]

I have so been wanting to do that to 2 chairs of mine ... where did you find the new feet for the chair? I'm having a hard time finding the right size :(

[blueskitten]

This is the only piece of painted furniture we own. It's looking a little worn, but it's the original paint from the mid 1800s and it's been in my family since it was new, so we're supposed to never-ever do anything to change it. I don't mind, because I'm really partial to it as it is - it's in the only "girly" room in the whole house and it fits there.

[unchained_heart]

oh, it's so lovely! it's wonderful as is. my trouble with such detailed antiques like that is that i want to paint them funky shades of primary variations to highlight the detailing that you find in so many of those pieces :D bravo for showing restraint!

[the_audio_pool]

thats honestly the most beautiful piece of furniture i have ever seen :)

[shellazure]

Nightstand:

[queenelectric]

omg I LOVE the nightstand with the lights!!!

[shellazure]

Why thank you!

[ginameana]

Where did you get those shelf risers in the bottom photo, and about how tall are they?

My beloved chinnoiserie desk

[pattinthehatt]

The figures are handpainted, and both antique dealers I consulted say it probably dates from the 1940s.

Re: My beloved chinnoiserie desk

[djonma]

That's beautiful!

Re: My beloved chinnoiserie desk

[pattinthehatt]

Thank you!!! It was my income tax return splurge a couple of years ago. I always allow myself to buy one thing that I normally wouldn't. Sometimes it's something small like my William Shakespeare coffee cup that wasn't a mint but was more than I would usually spend on a coffee cup. The desk was actually an amazing price, but, for my budget, definitely a splurge. :o)