Painted Surfaces for your creative vision

The painted surface has a tradition that mirrors what is considered the finest period of furniture design and manufacturing. The surface can fool the eye (faux) or it serves as defining the piece’s function.

Faux surface

Using layers of stain, pigments and over-coats of varnish provides the base to create the illusion of weathering, wear and tear.  The appearance is intensified by sanding through the layers.  This client wanted the appearance that the table materials came from a worn old factory floor.

The arched legs cut from 2-by oak and shaped with plane and rasp

Pier table shown has a Faux marble surface and painted substructure. The pier table originated around the turn of the 1800’s and served as a serving table or bar in the dining room. This project was unusual in that it used an outside source of plans – New Yankee Workshop project. It stands 36 inches tall and with a top that is roughly 22 inches by 42 inches. Base wood is poplar. The customer found a modern use for this table designed to sit flush to the wall.

Faux painted marble surface

Originally designed as an accessory table in the dining room to act as a bar

Painted to define a style

Many modern decor styles use paint to provide a “clean” visual appeal as shown here.  Other painted surface types can be seen at black opaque finishes or Specialized transparent coatings.

Painted surfaces are quite commonly used to provide a “modern clean look.” This solid wood reproduction of a commercially available painted dresser was made for a client that did not want furniture made from veneer over MDF and particleboard