previews of a few of the custom pieces in the works right now (though the final touches aren’t on yet, so i hope you’ll check back for more details soon.)
here is the before of a set of chinoiserie nightstands and dressers which my lovely client snagged at an estate sale in all their 1970’s yellow-and-red faux bamboo glory:
she asked to have them done in white high-gloss, which calls for only one thing: hollandlac brilliant.
which means, of course, an excellent excuse for a phone conversation with my colorist crush, emmett fiore at fine paints of europe. {sigh.} he is a smooth-color-talking hugely-hue-knowledgeable dreamboat, and i adore him. in just a few days, a litre of her choice of benjamin moore’s white dove was on the doorstep, mixed in the only paint i know that you have to touch to see that it’s not still wet. after no small amount of prep work (sanding, removing some yucky old sticky estate-sale stuff, filling grain with putty, using an enamel underbody, etc.) here is a glimpse…
my client has an excellent eye – these are going to be knockout in her guest room.
the final piece on deck right now is a “granny’s attic” special, being glammed up for a teenaged girl’s room…before:
here is a peek at the after:
she chose a glossy silver finish, which i’ve done here with modern masters’ silver (over a prepped surface, primed with stix) and then benjamin moore’s high-gloss polyurethane as a topcoat. (so, yes, you really could bounce a basketball on it.)
all the final photos, plus tutorials on both of the high-gloss finishes shown here are coming shortly – please drop by again.
Barbara says
Please continue to share your special techniques! Looking forward to the tutorials!