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Sydney Barton - Painted Furniture
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A photo blog about my work painting furniture for a living.
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Bright Red Bamboo Bed

 Not much to say about this except its super red

04 may 12

Painting Big Furniture

The big black thing is just the center section of a 3 piece bookcase that is 94 inches tall. Black on the inside and Linen White on the outside. It is masked with tape and newspaper. To the left of i...

16 apr 12

Gray Blue Cabinet with Silver Greek Key Pulls

The pulls for this are wood applied to the drawers. Silver is brushed on not leafed. This shot shows the beveled mirror top.

09 apr 12

Faux Metal Chest of Drawers

 Meant to look like weathered zinc, this was done with layers of glazes and dry brushed distressing

09 mar 12

Orange Asian Style Buffet

This orange asian style buffet was done in a Pratt and Lambert color called Poppy. Not as bright as in this picture. I cut a repeating stencil design and wrapped it around the sides and applied it on...

27 feb 12

Navy Blue Carved Chest

Not much to say here. Navy blue with gold lining and gold metal knobs.

19 feb 12

Pale Blue Green Cabinet

 The satin nickel ring pulls on this cabinet are actually door knobs.

05 sep 11

Yellow Stenciled Highboy

If you think you cant give an old style piece a contemporary twist, think again.The stencil design was adapted from Japanese heraldic symbols.The knobs are yellow frosted glass with a modern nickel b...

02 sep 11

Faux Bamboo Cabinet With Seashells

 This Faux Bamboo Cabinet has a pale blue glaze that doesnt show up in this picture.

21 aug 11

Black Crackle Pedestal Table

 A custom pedestal table with a black over gold crackle finish...tricky.Did the crackle 3 times before I got what I wanted.Leaf veining secret - Fine line Sharpie marker.

12 aug 11

Retro Yellow Console

 Mid range yellow color with a brownish gray interior. I do like the big disc knobs.

08 jun 11

Black and Gold Chest

A six drawer chest with gold diamond pattern and gold ring pulls. It looks better if you click to see the larger size picture. Pattern is incised on the drawers. Gold metallic acrylic paint for the d...

21 may 11

White Dressing Table with Floral Border

This vanity with a floral border was for a little girls room. The thing I notice most about the picture though is how clean the spray booth looks (relatively).Detail of the border. If I remember righ...

19 may 11

White Two Tiered Occasional Table

 A little occasional table painted a cream white with a stenciled geometric design.  Remind you of anything?

07 apr 11

 This piece was a family piece inherited by a client of the designer who brought it to me. A pretty typical chest circa 1940 that was a dark wood finish. I applied a quickly brushed base coat so...

05 apr 11

Pink Nightstand with White Flowers

This 2 drawer nightstand is only about 26 inches high.  The white flowers were hand drawn and hand painted but stenciling would work just as well on a piece like this.  

01 apr 11

 It doesnt really show very well but the table is painted with a silver metallic paint called Chromatone. It covers much better than Ralph Lauren)I made some ginkgo leaf stencils and used off wh...

19 feb 11

White Mirrored Chest

This white chest was a custom request. The mirror drawer fronts were inserted from the underside of the drawer. I did have to re-drill the holes in the mirror for the knobs. Do not try that at at hom...

05 dec 10

Console with Hand Painted Fruit

A small console with hand painted fruit motifs. There is a pale strie glaze on the body with a scumbled glaze in the panels. A closer look at the cherries.If the fruit motifs look familiar, I co...

07 nov 10

Bark Cloth 3 Drawer Nightstand

 Cream, caramel and a very deep purple dry brushed over a tan base coat on the drawers and sides.  It looks a little like Bark cloth, thus the name.

26 aug 10

Torquoise Cabriole Occasional Table

 A lighter turquoise color with bright gold lining and a diagonal checkerboard.

20 aug 10

Orange Retro Chest

 For those of you who are interested - Pratt and Lambert 1849. I had some steel ring hardware from years ago that I used to use on furniture I wanted to look authentically old. I dipped them in ...

18 aug 10

Whole Lot O Chinoiserie Goin On

 Lots of pictures for a really big piece of furniture. A piece this size requires a lot of thought about placement of the design elements. It wouldnt do to have similar images repeat too close t...

11 aug 10

Corner Hutch

A more contemporary twist to a country style corner hutch. I switched out the hardware after the picture to a pair of smaller fleur di lis knobs.

11 aug 10

Lime Green Occasional Table

I should have taken a before picture. A dowdy traditional table gets a fresh make over.

23 jul 10

Silver Leaf Console

An aging glaze tones down the shiny newness on this piece. Old reliable raw umber and black glaze brushed on and rubbed and stippled back. Glaze on, glaze off.And a tiny friend done much later. No, n...

25 jun 10

The base coat of paint on this piece is pale lavender. Bees and applied detail was done with aluminum leaf. Then I toned it all down with a hefty dose of dark umber and black glaze.

08 jun 10

The high gloss finish doesnt really show up here. The pulls were a close-out. I think they should have been a little longer.

30 may 10

Oval Console with Floral Designs

I adapted the design on this piece from a book on Swedish interiors and furniture. Id give proper attribution to the book if it wasnt packed away. I dont think a lot of this kind of painting is in my...

29 may 10

Paisley Chest

An all over paisley design in white with a white wash.

28 may 10

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