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Taupe Five Drawer Chest

 This piece was a family piece inherited by a client of the designer who brought it to me. A pretty typical chest circa 1940 that was a dark wood finish. I applied a quickly brushed base coat so that...

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Red and White Two Tiered Occasional Table

 A little occasional table painted a cream white with a stenciled geometric design.  Remind you of anything?

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White Dressing Table with Floral Border

This vanity with a floral border was for a little girl's room. The thing I notice most about the picture though is how clean the spray booth looks (relatively).Detail of the border. If I remember...

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Black and Gold Chest

A six drawer chest with gold diamond pattern and gold ring pulls. It looks better if you click to see the larger size picture. Pattern is incised on the drawers. Gold metallic acrylic paint for the...

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Chest in Shades of Green

If you check out the blog post for May 14 2010 you will see another version of this same chest.

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Retro Yellow Console

 Mid range yellow color with a brownish gray interior. I do like the big disc knobs.

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Black Crackle Pedestal Table

 A custom pedestal table with a black over gold crackle finish...tricky.Did the crackle 3 times before I got what I wanted.Leaf veining secret - Fine line Sharpie marker.

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Faux Bamboo Cabinet With Seashells

 This Faux Bamboo Cabinet has a pale blue glaze that doesn't show up in this picture.

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Yellow Stenciled Highboy

If you think you can't give an old style piece a contemporary twist, think again.The stencil design was adapted from Japanese heraldic symbols.The knobs are yellow frosted glass with a modern nickel base.

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Pale Blue Green Cabinet

 The satin nickel ring pulls on this cabinet are actually door knobs.

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Navy Blue Carved Chest

Not much to say here. Navy blue with gold lining and gold metal knobs.

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Orange Asian Style Buffet

This orange asian style buffet was done in a Pratt and Lambert color called Poppy. Not as bright as in this picture.I cut a repeating stencil design and wrapped it around the sides and applied it on...

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Faux Metal Chest of Drawers

 Meant to look like weathered zinc, this was done with layers of glazes and dry brushed distressing

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Gray Blue Cabinet with Silver Greek Key Pulls

The pulls for this are wood applied to the drawers. Silver is brushed on not leafed. This shot shows the beveled mirror top.

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Painting Big Furniture

The big black thing is just the center section of a 3 piece bookcase that is 94 inches tall. Black on the inside and Linen White on the outside. It is masked with tape and newspaper. To the left of it...

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Bright Red Bamboo Bed

 Not much to say about this except it's super red

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Pale Green Media Cabinet

 The designer asked for a pale green strie' glaze on this 2 door cabinet.The inside is divided into two sections each with a shelf and ventilation holes in the back.

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Blue and White Ikat Design Chest

 Filled in the holes from the old hardware added glass knobs and painted a a simple, large Ikat design on all sides.I drew out one section of the design and then traced it over the whole piece. The...

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Penny Rug Design Bombe Chest

 I thought an enlarged penny rug design might make a good graphic for this chest.  As with traditional penny rugs, no two sets of circles are the same.Toned the whole piece down a bit with a rubbed on...

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Textured Look Painted Chest

If you look back at this post here, there is another version of this piece. It has proven to be both popular and versatile. The choice of pulls can make a big difference. In this case, I set them...

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