Hand Painted Dining Furniture

Okay, the real kicker is I paint furniture, even hand painted detail, not using a stencil. But I just can't seem to form a color scheme in my mind that will pull my dining room furniture together with my living room furniture. My dining room is shabby chic. I have a huge antique dresser I painted white and added an antique cabinet on top of it. It is a wonderful piece. I have been offered as much as 1200 dollars for it.
I have a large dining table and high back antique chairs that I have also painted the creamy white. We bought new leather suite for the living room. I just fell in love with it. I have added dark cherry and solid mahogany antiques as well as an enormous cherry armoire. I want to go for the warmer colors and make the decor flow more evenly. So what would you suggest I do to paint the dining room furniture? I truly need color ideas, painting design ideas. I just don't want to go to a solid color black or red. Something difficult to accomplish would be right up my alley.
Oh, and I can't strip these pieces to re stain them. The woods don't match and the finish was in bad shape or I wouldn't have painted then to begin with.
Thanks for you suggestions and links or photos would be very helpful.
The style of the living room is traditional. The leather is medium brown. The dining room style is "Shabby Chic" which is creamy white, not stark white.
for the one asking about the scheme, the furniture is dark cherry and mahogany which are both dark rich woods. Thanks

Suggestions:
1] paint the dining room the color of living room furniture, and the LR the color [ creamy white ] of the dining room furniture, OR
2] use the same color [ say peach ] or metal [ say brass ] or wood [ say cherry ] for small accessories [ lamps/shades, vases, pic frames, rug, ornaments, candles/holders ]
3] use same fabric for drapes, rugs, or pillows/chair pads
4] add a wash of your fav colors to the dining room furniture, OR
5] add flowers, vines, whatever will go wherever you move!

2008-12-30 20:47:14 by bobbie h

I am looking to swap this doll's house for cash or an item of same value. I have listed it on swapz.co.uk Link - www.swapz.co.uk Swap ...

Hello there,
I am going to move and my new apartment the dr and lr area is together... at my current apt they are separated..due to that when I got my furniture I decided to not have them matching.... my lv is black and white...black leather sofas, glass coffee table..everything is either black,white or silver.
My dr on the other hand is BROWN!!!! Marble(brownish) table, brown leather chairs..
How can I bring them together without making things look weird? I cant paint the chairs since they are leather..nor paint the table since it is marble :-( ahhh I don't know what to do. In my LR the rug is white,black and grey. I was thinking on buying a rug to put on the DR area something with just one color... I cant paint the walls since it is a rent apartment... what can i do? help please!
thanks

Dusty rose area rugs in both rooms would help bring the look together since it looks good with both brown and black. A black beaded table runner on the dining room table would bring in some of the black from the living room. Some textured silk pillows on the sofas in brown, cream and rose would bring some of the dining room to the living room. A long time ago, it wasn't OK to mix black and brown but that is no longer the case.

2009-05-05 18:10:04 by Lia

Any advice would be highly appreciated! :)
Im starting a business of antique/ vintage furniture restoration. Im in the middle of designing my website but im stumped! I cant think of how to 'word/ explain' to people exactly what it is that i do... I know that sounds a bit ironic. But peoples first impression is everything and what i say will determine my clientel.
I take old wooden furniture such as dining room sets, dressers, tables, chairs etc. and restore them. I also put my own little unique touch on them. Ex: im redoing an old dresser that was in need of TLC. I stripped all the old paint, sanded down to original wood, stained a gorgous red mahogany then hand painted magnolias on the sides of the dresser, and finished it with a mosiac tile top. I have no employees its just me, does that make me sound unprofessional?

I generally type out what I feel makes sense to me and ask friends and family to read it over. I also make sure to ask them to let me know if something doesn't sound good or give some advise (did I miss anything?!).
Try typing several copies out and read them several days later and you will be able to make changes for the better. Good luck with your business!

2008-05-18 21:12:01 by ~Styles Madly~

Which would be best colour of wall paint to comliment green leather furniture in a room that doesn't get much light, has cream flooring, curtains and a cream marble fireplace? There is a rust/red Persian rug in front of the fireplace and the room adjoins dining and kitchen area. Kitchen has more light and cream cupboards and preparation island. Dining room has a glass door leading to garden, so also bright with Danish Pine hand carved furniture, honey coloured. I just feel that the room needs brightening and advice on adding the correct colour of cushions would also be much appreciated.Throws are out, as they tend to slip from leather. The other furniture in the room consists of the same shade of above mentioned Danish pine with bookcase,glass cabinet and matching tables either side of sofa. Lighting is soft with use of lamps dotted around, but not overhead lighting, as too hostile.
Hope this basic mental picture will help you to help me! Thanks in anticipation of a response.

First - please ignore doughguy. He obviously is not familiar with people who have alternate spellings for English than in his little world.

Next, a soft tan/cream color (colour!) would be brightening and perhaps a large mirror to double the amount of light that IS there. Use the shades in the Persian rug - reds, rusts, etc., as your pillow choices. This ought to tie things in together. You should also be able to buy tiny amounts of paint to "test" on your walls, so you can get some idea of what it would look like. Perhaps a deep red!

Another choice...You might want to check out wallpaper! Sometimes that can really enhance the living space.

Another option is to visit a website where you can enter the dimensions of your room and existing furniture, and play with color. I know there are some, but cannot think of any at the moment. (Sorry - Menopausal brain!)

Best of luck!

2008-10-11 15:04:58 by louixtoby

OK, a few days ago my brother-in-law asked me if I could help convince my sister to be a bit more domestic: getting furniture, painting the walls, putting up curtains, getting kitchen appliances. Now, my sister isn't a redneck but she's very eccentric and bohemian and doesn't believe in interior decorating. She doesn't care as long as she can sit in her own living room. She has a bunch on beanbag chairs and decorated pillows all over her living room, no kitchen or dining room table and all of their chairs, and the shelves they have for books are second hand from family or garage sales. My sister is 26. and she and my brother-in-law have been married for almost a year. I think he thought her lack of furniture was a poor student thing, though my sister isn't overly untidy. They make a good living and have a modest one bedroom apartment with a living room, dinette, and one bathroom. I'm the same way, except I'm not married like she is. I'm not sure what to say to say to my brother-in-law. He says he gets embarrassed when his parents come over and that he still feels like he's 18 and in a frathouse. My sister likes simplicity and she's a musician, who loves music more than fancy furnishings

best advice to you would be to stay out of it. this is something they are going to have to work out on their own. if they can not communicate with each other about something so easy to deal with then they are going to be in big trouble when the really big nasties of life happen to them. let them get some practice in on the easy stuff and stay out of it.

2009-10-13 15:34:47 by Cybele