April 17, 2010
Back to work on the sideboard. Hated the rope designs started on the three small rounded drawers above the swag, so I painted them out. I painted the front of the top braces with an off white diagonal stripe edged in yellow ochre. That border flows out and around the top and is picked up and runs down the front sides. I woke up this morning with an idea to segment the bottom long drawer into smaller blocks of color. The piece is so long horizontally and needs to have all those horizontals broken up to make the shapes more interesting. I think that I will work up anchor designs, shells, maybe a whale? I have painted the sections with a linen color and then ragged or glazed these areas with a combination of umber and yellow ochre to make a “parchment” effect as a base for the designs that will go there. Looking at the piece with the bottom sections painted, I think that the top three drawers would also work with the “parchment” treatment. I don’t know what will be painted there yet, but think that this color is pulling the piece together. I am still procrastinating on the top, but think that I will be happy if I get the bottom finished and grained. Haven’t thought too much only in a basic way about the sides.
It has been so pretty this week. Dan has been working outside, mowing and putting on a new railing about our deck. As always, there is more to do than time allows.
Dan has started some new stenciled mirrors in red and black. They are looking good. We are also deciding on what pieces will be painted next.
Back to work on the sideboard. Hated the rope designs started on the three small rounded drawers above the swag, so I painted them out. I painted the front of the top braces with an off white diagonal stripe edged in yellow ochre. That border flows out and around the top and is picked up and runs down the front sides. I woke up this morning with an idea to segment the bottom long drawer into smaller blocks of color. The piece is so long horizontally and needs to have all those horizontals broken up to make the shapes more interesting. I think that I will work up anchor designs, shells, maybe a whale? I have painted the sections with a linen color and then ragged or glazed these areas with a combination of umber and yellow ochre to make a “parchment” effect as a base for the designs that will go there. Looking at the piece with the bottom sections painted, I think that the top three drawers would also work with the “parchment” treatment. I don’t know what will be painted there yet, but think that this color is pulling the piece together. I am still procrastinating on the top, but think that I will be happy if I get the bottom finished and grained. Haven’t thought too much only in a basic way about the sides.
It has been so pretty this week. Dan has been working outside, mowing and putting on a new railing about our deck. As always, there is more to do than time allows.
Dan has started some new stenciled mirrors in red and black. They are looking good. We are also deciding on what pieces will be painted next.
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