Paint as way of modernizing furniture

Square legs or round legs,these are some of the design problems that we encounter,when we make farmhouse tables. The style difference is very important for some people, who like to be a bit different, in their choice of living style.

Square legs are typical of shaker style,modern Scandinavian straight lines, encourage this type of furniture,it lends itself this style, to being hand painted in the new range of colors that are available. The colors from specialist paint manufacturers, are more often Victorian colors,or at least the type of subtle colors we think Victorian people used.

The surprise has been the use of green. Green as a color may seem an unorthodox choice, but it is the shades of blues mixed with greens that are very popular. A duck egg, teal or sage seems to be the colors of choice in today’s society. These colors transform boring items into something very modern.

Turned legs by contrast are the traditional look,everyone knows and expects it, the old kitchen table, that grandma had always had turned legs. The rest of the kitchen furniture matched it, the chairs were spindle, or slat back, maybe even fiddle back, all with nice turned legs.

By contrast the shaker style tables demand a shaker chair , or Amish chair , possibly Breton style chair, with straight legs and very gentle curves. These chairs again look fantastic painted, this time they do look best with a more definite blue color.

Different trends do tend to come and go. One finish that never goes out of fashion is wax. It is a timeless effect and will always be popular. For a complete look go for a welsh dresser. These can either have straight sides to match shaker sets of routered out sides to match a traditional sets. Popular with both the modern shaker style or traditional turned style seems to be blues. The use of colors in furniture seems to be a trend that is set to continue.

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