Stenciling can be one form of adding genius to your painted furniture. Forget the country craft stencils popular in the 80's, as todays modern stencils are more intricate, unique and timeless. Todays hottest painters are thinking outside the box when it comes to decorating their furniture with stencils. Lauren author of InDecorous Taste is fabulous painter with an incredible amount of talent who uses stencils in a new direction combining the natural wood and layering different patterns and opposite colors to create pieces worthy of rich empire looks. Here she combines hand painted leopard trim against a block pattern in white with gilt accents on a beautiful chest. While some of us are really good at block patterns, she is really talented at adding multiple patterns to form one design which works fabulously together. Here she shows a hand painted throw animal print rug, and a french chair whose upholstery is hand painted in an elaborate tiger print. Again, the hand painted landscape and the animal printed chair mixed in with fabulous french antiques is a room designed for royalty. Her attention to detail islayered from the stenciled french walls, to the florentine mirror and paintings all with their own exquisite colors. Featured in this link is a faux-marble accent table in orange marble with white which looks superb against black wood. Empire decorating, is one of the only styles which incorporates the most richest elements, such as marble walls, beautiful lavish colors mixed with natural features such as marble, fur throws, flame mahogany, and gilt wood. Lauren's hand painted pieces show interesting ways of adding color and combining patterns that work together, and painting delicate details which might be other wise overlooked. (Read More.....)
Somerset Bay features some of the most beautiful painted furniture, with a focus on cottage and coastal palettes that will make you feel right at home. Their collections are inspired by the coastal influences of Nantucket, Newport, Carmel, Bar Harbor, to name a few. Each piece of furniture is handcrafted and features the finest mahogany and premium veneers. Somerset Bay's furniture collection features a beautiful select range of available paint finishes with exceptional finishing techniques such as distressing, dry-brushing, and antiquing. Their faux painted furniture certainly catapults their furniture above the rest in their field. Check out some of the beautiful painted pieces below (Read More.....)
