Sentences with phrase «than painting furniture»

Maybe I can start selling them... they're more fun to DIY than painting furniture!

I could not pick a better way to spend two hours of freedom than painting furniture and listening to Zac Brown Band... definitely my type of afternoon.

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It may have seemed like a small task, but to me decorating that nursery signified something so much bigger than paint colour and cute furniture.

It includes more than sixty works, including paintings (still life, portrait, and landscape), sculpture, furniture, and decorative art.

But after two years of quiet negotiations, Chuimei Ho and Bennet Bronson, curators at the Field Museum in Chicago, persuaded Chinese authorities to display more than 400 artifacts, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, and pieces of jade in an exhibition opening this spring.

To me there's nothing better than finding a piece of furniture either at a flea market or at Ikea that you can either re-furnish, paint, or update the hardware to give it your own sense of style.

For example, if your home is filled with warm furniture, then if you pick gray paint with even slight blue undertones, it will look far more blue than in a home with white or cool - toned furniture.

I've just gotten into furniture painting myself although I haven't tried anything more ambitious than a small 3 drawer chest or a chair.

I didn't expect to like it so much and it seems to have a much better adherence level than my homemade plaster paint, especially on some of the older french provintial furniture that has the almost «formica» type dresser tops.

Generally I avoid furniture that is already painted because it is usually more work than I am willing to put into it.View full post»

we're doing major work on our house (um, knocking it down, putting in a new foundation, and building up) and rather than planning paint colors and furniture first, i'm doing the wall art / decor.

Crystal of Urban Patina, an expert who has more than 20 years» of experience in painting, crafting and repurposing furniture, used chalk paint to refurnish her wash stand.

If you're contemplating some furniture painting, I promise you that you will not mess it up and it's so much easier than it looks and sounds.

If you have warmer colors on your furniture than you will want to paint your walls a warmer color and add accent pieces with warmer tones.

But is this exquisite piece of street furniture, which spends more than 100 man - hours in the paint shop to receive one of five unique colors, really worth more than two and a half times as much as a V12 Vantage?

The estate has been preserved to the finest detail with rooms kept unchanged since his death for more than a century — with books, furniture, paintings and even some of Tolstoy's clothes.

Whether created with scrap metal, old furniture or discarded paint, sustainable art has environmental, economic and social implications — even if, for the artist in question, the choice of materials is more of a practical one than one driven by a spirit of environmental awareness.

This means that the galleries show chairs and tables arranged in symmetrical patterns as though in a great house, even if four identical chairs give no more information than one; they contain numerous «cutesy vignettes» (in the present curators» words) with vases placed on furniture to create a decorative effect, often to the detriment of the support; and are filled with paintings which make a decorative but not thematic contribution to the whole.

It includes more than sixty works, including paintings (still life, portrait, and landscape), sculpture, furniture, and decorative art.

The building contains early paintings and drawings by Judd, as well as furniture he designed and plans for architectural projects installed throughout the two stories and more than 15 rooms.

But it is a bump that the Hammer Museum is more than proud to host since Dream Home Resource Center has come to serve as the raw, not - so - glamorous addition to the otherwise sleek and glassy buildings a part of Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. Despite its welcoming vibe, donning rainbow doors and furniture painted gold, Dream Home Resource Center doesn't scream sunshine and good times so much as it reveals the seedy underbelly of housing in Los Angeles.

Its permanent collection of more than 84,000 objects includes paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, costume, furniture, and other works of art from every part of the world, including objects from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and art of all periods from Asia, Europe, and the Americas, up to the latest in contemporary art.

«A Texas Legacy» tells the story of the state's early decorative arts through more than 65 works, including furniture, drawings, paintings, pottery and silver.

The exhibition will include more than 50 drawings, paintings, sculptures, objects, and photographs as well as furniture and architectural and landscaping designs.

Another sale that fared better than most dealers had predicted was an eclectic collection of paintings, decorative arts and furniture from the estate of Lillian Rojtman Berkman.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Founded in 1876 and one of the largest art museums in America, the Museum holds more than 225,000 items featuring paintings, ceramics and sculpture from China, Japan, and India; Italian and Flemish Renaissance artworks; paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists; sculpture, notably works by Auguste Rodin; armour, tapestry, furniture and other decorative art.

For artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Claude Viallat, Elizabeth Murray, Blinky Palermo, Rochelle Feinstein, and Michael Venezia, painting has arguably been about the object more than about the image, and in the past decade or so, a slew of artists working with found materials, furniture, lumber, and more have adopted a painting - as - object, amalgamated approach to art making.

Founded in 1881, the AGSA's permanent collection consists of more than 38,000 items, including many different types of art from all over the world including prints, painting, sculpture, drawings, photographs, textiles, furniture, ceramics, and jewellery.

A rainbow of small paintings occupies one wall of the loft, but what really draws my attention is the furniture: she's got more chairs than a home showroom.

Philadelphia Museum of Art One of the finest art museums in America, known initially as the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, its collection has more than 225,000 items, embracing paintings, ceramics, sculpture, armour, tapestry, furniture and other decorative works.

An inaugural exhibition will showcase more than 200 works from the Fieldings» collection of 18th - and early 19th - century American art works, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, metal, needlework, and other related decorative arts.

Children may be exposed to and injured by exposure to lead paint or varnish as a result of coming into contact with lead - based paint or varnish covered furniture or woodwork in a building owned by someone other than the children's parents.

Furthermore, a working professional couple with a collection of fine paintings may want to consider higher coverage limits than a newly single man with second hand furniture.

This eclectic back patio uses more than just furniture to arrange a comfortable lounge space — a painted fence and vintage mirror give the feeling of surrounding walls whilst the Buddha head and drum stool add some character.

It is an easier fix than buying new carpet, flooring or new furniture to go with the paint.

For me, starting this small business was about more than just painting furniture.

If the furniture is stained unless your primer is made for painting over stain than no problem.

Note, when painting furniture, you will want to make sure you use a small foam roller rather than a regular wall roller.

Adding wallpaper to your furniture makeover is easier than you think and gives your painted furniture makeover a unique touch.

Add graphics to your project because painted furniture is often more than just paint.

As a side note, if your piece of furniture was originally black or some color other than the color you want to show through after distressing all you have to do is paint a coat of brown (or whatever color you choose to show through) on your furniture prior to painting your primary color.

Rather than buying new, re-fresh existing furniture or thrift store finds with paint or slipcovers.

Cabinetry and furniture A typical Shaker kitchen is built around a model of a square framed, classically - proportioned doors with an inset panel, constructed in wood (cherrywood and maple were the most used woods in Shaker kitchens), which can be left bare, or painted — a matt finish is more authentic than gloss.

It's easy, because in Mid-Century Modern decorating, furniture and architecture make stronger statements than... More painting tips for a mid-century modern look»

If you love painted furniture than you may have seen makeovers and projects with images on them.

Dark wood stains are popular in office furniture more so than kitchens, but when paired with the right countertops and wall paint, dark stains can look amazing.

I have to admit I didn't love my house for so many years because of the layout and didn't do much other than paint the walls and fill it with furniture because I thought we'd move one day.

I love repainting painted furniture, I find it easier than stained.

I could definitely see using this paint on other furniture pieces that are used less than a set of kitchen dining chairs.

Switching out accessories is a lot easier than paint color & furniture.