My natural tendency is to paint the vintage and antique furniture I bring into my home or refinish for others. I love the look of it. Lacquered is my favorite at the moment, but I really like distressed sometimes as well. I was in Anthropologie yesterday looking for some hardware and found myself admiring their worn display tables wishing I had the design ability to fuse both styles into my home without making either look out of place.
Phoebe Howard is one of my favorite designers. Two reasons I admire her: First, her eye for beautiful antiques. She uses them like crazy. Second, her ability to add warmth to a space by leaving the antiques stained. Admire....
What's your vote, paint or stain?
I usually stain or leave wood natural, unless it's unavoidable. It's hard to go back from paint! I love the look of painted though, but usually I prefer to leave the wood and just spice it up with new upholstery or knobs or drawer lining or something.
ReplyDelete(If I could do as fabulous a job as you with painting, though, I might change my tune!)
I think it depends on the grain of the wood, if I love the look of the grain I would probably choose to stain it, but most of the time I don't and I would paint.
ReplyDeletestain, stain, stain
ReplyDeleteI've only done stain and I love the way it looks but it really is a hassle. Esp when the piece has a lot of detail work.
ReplyDeleteI've only done stain and I love the way it looks but it really is a hassle. Esp when the piece has a lot of detail work.
ReplyDeleteI usually stain or leave wood natural, unless it's unavoidable. It's hard to go back from paint! I love the look of painted though, but usually I prefer to leave the wood and just spice it up with new upholstery or knobs or drawer lining or something.
ReplyDelete(If I could do as fabulous a job as you with painting, though, I might change my tune!)