Put Down The Paint Brush
One thing that I have seen become extremely popular these days is
painting wood furniture. For some reason, this just really irks me. I do understand
why some of these projects get painted, like if the piece is veneered and flaking
and they want to save it without redoing the whole piece, but I honestly think
it has gone too far.
I follow this group on Facebook that claims to be a group for furniture
flippers but honestly the only flipping I see is when they turn it over to coat
the bottom side. I mean it when I say they paint EVERYTHING! Oak, hickory,
pine, ash, you name it, they paint it. This style of furniture flipping really
breaks my heart. As a person who loves wood and admires all the different groves
and textures wood grains bring to the piece, I just hate to see them covered up
by a dull gray paint.
There is even a new style of painting where you take a piece of wood furniture
and paint it a neutral color, and then you take this glaze and apply it over
the paint. You then take a brush or broom and sweep lines into the glaze to
give it a wood grain look (eyes rolling).
Don’t get me wrong, I have painted wood before. The wood I painted was
the nineties wood trim in my house, but I did compliment it by adding an
engineered hardwood flooring throughout my house. I just wish this trend would
fade and all the beautiful antique furniture be kept in their original glory.
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