Hand-painted furniture
Hand-painted in oil eggshell, colour selection to match chair by Lilou Interiors
If you want to give a new lease of life to a favourite pine dresser, table or chairs, they can be hand-painted in a durable satin / eggshell finish, in any colour you like, with a traditional or modern paint.
Likewise, if you want to revive a dark oak cabinet (like this one in the picture right), or brighten up laminate wardrobes or cupboards that have seen better days, they too can be painted to suit – and to last.
The hand-painted route is a simple (and “green”) option and is a neat final touch to any room.
I am in Cheshire. These specialist furniture painters cover most of the country. They know their stuff!
The right paint?
I tend to hand paint, not spray furniture. Still committed to the traditional ways wherever practical, to ensure a durable finish, we recommend high specification primer basecoats and 2 coats of eggshell paint sanded between coats. Acrylic eggshells from Little Greene or acrylic latex semi-gloss from Mythic are good choices, as are oil based eggshell from Little Greene or Johnstones. This is a run down on best paint for kitchens and furniture
Annie Sloane chalk paint plus wax or varnish finishes is a favourite for me these days.
Becker or Morrells are recommended for spraying projects by Cornwall painting specialist, Colin, of Plush Painting.
Stumped for the right colour?
Online colour advisor, Ingrid, of Lilou Interiors is a good one to ask for the “perfect” colour.
To paint or not to paint?
Sometimes I get asked to paint a beautiful inlaid veneered antique. Consider selling it and pick up some very reasonably priced and well-built second-hand pieces of pine and oak furniture instead. You will be ahead financially and recycling like a champion.
Mirror and picture frames can be colour coordinated too…
Painting a set of kitchen chairs.
How to hand-paint furniture yourself
This is the step by step process for painting a piece of pine or oak furniture
Hand finish v spray
I have taken a close look at factory produced “painted” furniture from many of the upmarket stores, and to my eye, they look quite artificial. This, I think is due to the sprayed finish. There is nothing wrong with their technique, but, as an olde worlde painter, the plastic finish doesn’t really strike me as traditional paintwork, and is definitely a move towards the trend in the big department stores, where only “perfect” and to my eye, lifeless plastic finishes, have become acceptable. [/spoiler]
I painted some furniture in US in the shabby chic style.
If you are in Cheshire looking to have your property decorated to a really high standard with minimal fuss and disruption, or...
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