I must confess I've been working with a number of
old pieces of furniture using the DIY chalk recipies because I have an abundance of beautiful latex paints and don't want to waste it.
Not exact matches
Charlotte is only a little over a month
old, so it will be interesting to see if they continue to
use the same
pieces of furniture.
This week, I made the most awesome
piece of furniture using the metal legs
of a disgusting
old plastic bucket styled chair and I couldn't be any happier with it!
I had a friend ask me to paint this
piece for her in a more modern or «full coverage» look recently, so I thought I'd share a few tips on how to give
old furniture a modern look
using one
of my favorite, go - to paints, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ®.
On a lot
of older pieces of furniture, for some reason, they
used larger drawer pulls.
We also
use heavy carpet pads and carpets around all
furniture and beds to cushion impact, should a young (or
old) dog slip by and get up on a high
piece of furniture.
Every
piece of material for the building is a work
of art, the
furniture is made from the finest quality antique wood,
using top quality timber from
old phinisi boats, wooden Javanese houses and recycled antique woods that are well over 100 years
old..
It was the performances that made the venue come alive: Nevin Aladağ's whimsical
furniture -
pieces - turned - musical - instruments were activated in improvisational jams several times a day, and 86 - year -
old experimental composer and influential scholar Alvin Lucier captivated the audience with a live performance
of his seminal
piece I Am Sitting in a Room, which
uses repetition and the frequencies
of the space to resonate the room's spatiality.
Commercial stagers often rent
furniture from companies like CORT or
use pieces from
older tenant build - outs to create a sense
of how a finished space will function.
Step 7: If you have drawers on your
furniture install the hardware (either
use the
old hardware that came on it or buy something new to give your
piece of furniture a little flare).
On a lot
of older pieces of furniture, for some reason, they
used larger drawer pulls.
I had a friend ask me to paint this
piece for her in a more modern or «full coverage» look recently, so I thought I'd share a few tips on how to give
old furniture a modern look
using one
of my favorite, go - to paints, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ®.
I have
old pieces of furniture that could
use a fresh coat
of paint and updated hardware.
Not to mention, an
old chandelier
of my kitchen table, plank / bead board bath room walls,
pieces of furniture being
used as sink bases in both
of our bathrooms, and wood floors are the things I desire to do this year.
Or,
old tires can be inflated, painted and stuffed with cushions to be
used as a interesting
piece of furniture.
I have several
pieces of midcentury and
older furniture that could
use a new finish, but I've been afraid to touch them.