Painted antique bed sold for $6,800.
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If you don't mind - what kind of paints are you using to paint on the furnitures?
I really don't mind.
It depends. When I renovated some older furniture and the wood wasn't in very good shape or it still had bits of old paints left I used some synthetic paints for wood and metal. They smell bad, it takes very long time to get completely dry and in general aren't very nice but the color is very durable and intense so it's very good when you need to cover other colors etc.
For the kitchen I'm painting now where the wood is completely new and clean I'm using Little Greene paints. They are lovely. Very comfortable to use, don't smell at all, cover well and you can choose from many many colors although I prefer to mix them myself. Also you can get them in very little amount as samples which is nice if you need to paint little things and not a huuuge area.
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I've been trying to reorganize my sewing/crafting table recently. I don't have the means to do any woodworking at home, so I bought a little wooden crate and wooden tabletop set of drawers with the intention of painting them. After some debating with myself, I think I'm going to try my hand at recreating 18th and early 19th century Pennsylvanian Dutch motifs. I love the blue that is often used as a background, as well as the common elements of tulips, vines, stars, and hearts. I also love that its a style that does not require perfection in its execution. Symmetry is part of the design, but many examples are clearly handpainted and not every element is 100% identical. Some use stencils, which i might try to make later.
I collected a lot of images on Pinterest and many don't have good references with them, so I'm sorry I can't properly credit some of these, but unlike my day job, I don't need to point to an exact date, place, and collection to like the design and be inspired by it.
So here are some of my favorite pieces that I think are a great look at late Colonial and early Federal painted furniture of Pennsylvania and Virginia:
From the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, dated 1795:
From the Met, dated c. 1780:
From Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, dated 1800-1820:
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art, dated 1776:
From a 2017 auction catalog, early 19th century:
Also from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, dated 1720-1740:
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Thrifted table I finished painting the other day 🌞✨
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Since I moved to an apt., I don't paint furniture anymore and this kitchen table really makes me want to start again.
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A little thing I did to a piece of furniture.
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