Hi Corinne I saw your comment over at farmhouse with the two pieces she was looking to paint, the bed and the cupboard/ armoire.. Now as for painting them, the originals were painted back in the 1700's and early 1800's this was to hide the different pieces of wood that was used, along with the paint finish being Lyme waxed which is a heavy wash of colour and the milk paints used on them. If her pieces were of paint finish with original paint they would demand a high dollar for Americana folk art. It was more popular to have them painted, she is not talking about white paint, yet a dark grey was commonly used during this time period.
Painted furniture has been around longer than your time, your parents times, there parents and so on. All painted furniture hold a much higher value to its finish than any stain grade, even the new pieces from high end furniture store hold a pricier price gage then stain grade pieces, it's the level of art and the craft of a painted piece.
The shabby chic was originally Farmhouse, then the trend of shabby chic came to play, now it's taking offinthe direction of euro French brocante, farmhouse cottage again. Anyone who has some old original painted pieces I am sure dealers would pay a pretty penny. An antique like what she has is in the eyes of the beholder and carry really no value on the market unless it is of heirloom once belonging to Lincoln or Washington, perhaps the queens line in England, if they were from this line I would say hold off on painting them, yet painting them as a designer would adds a new twist on where designs lie and this is mostly what buyers are attracted to in the up and coming strong market.
Don't be afraid to paint something providing you paint. It can add great charm and designs to what the demanding all the high end magazines are looking for. I just spent time at a multi million dollar home and 90 percent of the pieces in the home were of original paint and newly made to look old painted, all pieces shipped from France and New Orleans !
I hope this inspires you to venture out into the wonderful WowNess ofbagreat painted piece.
Hi Corinne! Nice to "meet" you via your comment on my post with my carrot cake recipe. Thank you for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad my post about our hard time helped you! I'm sitting here waiting for the appliance repairman!
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ReplyDeleteI saw your comment over at farmhouse with the two pieces she was looking to paint, the bed and the cupboard/ armoire.. Now as for painting them, the originals were painted back in the 1700's and early 1800's this was to hide the different pieces of wood that was used, along with the paint finish being Lyme waxed which is a heavy wash of colour and the milk paints used on them. If her pieces were of paint finish with original paint they would demand a high dollar for Americana folk art. It was more popular to have them painted, she is not talking about white paint, yet a dark grey was commonly used during this time period.
Painted furniture has been around longer than your time, your parents times, there parents and so on. All painted furniture hold a much higher value to its finish than any stain grade, even the new pieces from high end furniture store hold a pricier price gage then stain grade pieces, it's the level of art and the craft of a painted piece.
The shabby chic was originally Farmhouse, then the trend of shabby chic came to play, now it's taking offinthe direction of euro French brocante, farmhouse cottage again. Anyone who has some old original painted pieces I am sure dealers would pay a pretty penny.
An antique like what she has is in the eyes of the beholder and carry really no value on the market unless it is of heirloom once belonging to Lincoln or Washington, perhaps the queens line in England, if they were from this line I would say hold off on painting them, yet painting them as a designer would adds a new twist on where designs lie and this is mostly what buyers are attracted to in the up and coming strong market.
Don't be afraid to paint something providing you paint. It can add great charm and designs to what the demanding all the high end magazines are looking for.
I just spent time at a multi million dollar home and 90 percent of the pieces in the home were of original paint and newly made to look old painted, all pieces shipped from France and New Orleans !
I hope this inspires you to venture out into the wonderful WowNess ofbagreat painted piece.
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Doré