Old chair, painted white with some bits of paint scraped off, and the chair seat covered in burlap with keys stenciled on.  The final touch is a key tied to the chair back.  I had a heck of a time blogging today. It has been so long, maybe I have almost forgotten how! Anyway, hope you like the chair. I am so busy in my studio and really having loads of fun! Hope you are enjoying this nice Sunday afternoon!

Trompe l'oeil table and harp back chair redo

Hi Everyone, I am still painting some furniture for my art gallery just to add another dimension.  The wing back chair I painted sold immediately so I needed something else to put in that empty spot.  I painted this cute little table "Refined Red", a pretty color chalk paint from Vintage Furniture Paint Inc.  I love the paint because you don't have to wax it...the wax is already in it, and it goes on very smoothly and feels amazing to the touch. Inside the drawer, I papered with a little hounds tooth red and white check. But the top is what I am most proud of.  I painted a key, a letter and a pocket watch in Trompe l'oeil, which is a French technique and means to "fool the eye".  The objects, through shading, appear to just lie there on the table.  You feel like you could just pick them up! 

This photo is more true to the actual red color. Enlarge to see the details. They are in my studio in the photo, so I had to cover stuff in the background so you could see them! My studio needs a good cleaning and now that I am doing furniture, too, it is a bit over-crowded. I need to organize it a lot better, but just don't have time. I am painting as fast as I can!!!!I have watercolors going, acrylics, too and then the furniture. That is why my blogs are getting fewer and far between, but I appreciate you looking!