I arranged the pieces in the ground floor room of the Tower.
The perfect little sofa makes me so happy! Kris makes every part of her pieces -- including shaping the cabriole legs. I think it's begging for some needlepoint cushions :) If you'd like Kris to make something for you, please check out her website at CDHM.
I'm so pleased with how this turned out. It started as a bog-standard unfinished whitewood piece by Streets Ahead. I primed it, spray painted it red and then used gold and black permanent markers to draw chinoiserie designs on it, looking at a variety of early 18th century japanned antiques for inspiration. You could also japan a piece in black chinoiserie, but I really love red!
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Great pieces of furniture! I love your Chinese paintings!
ReplyDeleteYou drew those designs yourself?!? Wow . . wish I could draw like that, it looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys! It was actually surprisingly easy, Alennka -- I just followed some examples in general terms and tried not to worry too much about it. The gold marker will wipe off immediately after you use it, so there was a little margin for error -- if something I drew looked really bad, I could just rub it out :) (I used the black marker second, because that puppy does NOT erase!)
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job of this secretary! These pieces are so perfect for a tower room.
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