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Custom Painted Furniture
I gave this hand painted bedroom furniture in Nottingham an aging effect by using some simple processes. This old chest of drawers had been in the family a number of years and the client was reluctant to get rid. So decided to have me hand paint it whilst carrying out some other hand painted furniture for...
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Hand painting furniture, modern or period can give it a new lease of life, in colours which will enhance your existing interior. I can refurbish and hand paint individual items as well as entire rooms, one of my specialities is transforming existing wooden kitchens from simply a place to prepare food into a true work of art within your home and ultimately...
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Since the closure last summer of the local Clive Christian Showroom in Bramcote Nottingham, I have had a spate of enquiries for re-painting their furniture. The local presence they held was predominant throughout the area for many years and it seems the cycle for maintenance of their fine furniture has come full circle. Initially the painting process for...
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Hand painting farmhouse furniture. It can be extremely satisfying, hand painting furniture, especially as its my job. This is a hand painted farmhouse dresser I completed for a valued client in Scrooby Village in North Nottinghamshire. This is a hand painted farmhouse dresser I completed for a valued client in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire. Although I tend to use mainly waterborne paints...
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Following on from my previous post about ‘Preparation of an oak kitchen’… I’m now painting it! That dated orangey pine colour is disappearing and a whole new kook is beginning to evolve; all my hard graft prep work has paid off and the high adhesion primer has stuck solid. The clients chosen colour was Farrow...
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My next hand painted furniture job takes me about 6 miles south of Derby to Stanton by Bridge in Derbyshire. Over the years I’ve done a lot of work in and around this area including: Melbourne, Castle Donington and Barrow upon Trent, to name but a few! Hand painted kitchen & furniture: As I drove through...
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There’s nothing unusual about hand painting oak doors! ‘Sacrilege‘ I hear a lot of people say, criminal others will cry, leave them in a natural finish. Well this particular project went totally against the grain when I was referred to a client in Breaston, Derbyshire; she wanted all her new internal oak faced doors painting BLACK! You...
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This article refers to hand painting a bespoke hand made kitchen which I was commissioned for back in 2013, as well as some stunning dressing room furniture. The project was at Barnby Moor, Nottinghamshire and was supplied and fitted by James Greensmith Interiors of Nottingham. James has a wealth of knowledge and experience in fitting high end bespoke furniture, he has previously worked direct for Clive...
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Hand painting (Shabby Chic) furniture on this project in Derbyshire involved several large pieces, giving this 12 year old Yew dining furniture a new lease of life. The client originally paid a small fortune for this furniture but now it was looking dated, they had decided to have it all hand painted to complement the décor in their new home. This collection...
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Here’s an article about some bespoke bedroom furniture I recently hand painted in a beautiful renovated country house out at Barnby Moor, North Nottinghamshire. This past year I seem to have been travelling a lot more, up along the A614 through Sherwood Forest, past Clumber Park and out into the sticks around the North of Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood Country)....
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