chroma design’s furniture featured in Old House Journal

        A red table and chairs, painted by

           Chroma Design, brighten the

                   breakfast nook.

Black & White Bungalow Kitchen Makeover

Vintage design takes a bungalow kitchen from dowdy to divine.
Old House Journal, August 2014
 

table and chairs first featured on chroma design’s blog November 7, 2013

Custom-painted Cafe Table and Chairs

A customer who came to my show at the barn loved a red chair I had brought to sit in.  She had bought a table at a consignment shop to fit in her small breakfast nook, and wanted me to paint the table red with a nice glossy finish that would be easy to clean, and she purchased 2 chairs from me which I painted to match the table.

Library chairs

new color: Cherry Burst            first chair with a couple of coats

  
library chair with other pieces drying

Custom-painted Cafe Table and Chairs

A customer who came to my show at the barn loved a red chair I had brought to sit in.  She had bought a table at a consignment shop to fit in her small breakfast nook, and wanted me to paint the table red with a nice glossy finish that would be easy to clean, and she purchased 2 chairs from me which I painted to match the table.

 
table during painting                                 chairs during painting
 
table and chairs in place at customer’s house

Library Chairs

It turns out I only have 4 library chairs. 
 
original library chair                                  sanded chair with seat back removed
 
vinyl seatbacks                                     4 sanded chairs with backs removed

Local publicity

Limeade chest

Two chests at ReMarkable       Comparing different greens
 
  Narrowing it down



First attempt                            Final color choice: Limeade
 
    Finished dresser with hardware

Replacing a round chair seat

Lenny keeping a close eye on the cutting    Using Adirondack chairs as clamp platforms

Chair with new seat

Remaking of a water-damaged kitchen cabinet

   

Marble-topped Mahogany Table

Mahogany table after sanding      First attempt: Cinnamon Stick

Final version: Custom Black

Today's projects

demi-lune table being sanded

reliquary after priming and sanding

nice small farmhouse table being sanded

This week's projects

At week's end:
five-drawer, mahogany dresser is sanded, drawers have been sanded and primed
small, cherry drop-table --top was finished last week, legs are painted,(4 coats strawberry pink), ready to be polyurethaned
mid-century modern side table is sanded, top and shelf polyurethaned but not painted, legs painted black and polyurethaned.
small tray/table is painted (4 coats of aqua for exterior and  top, spring azalea for inside), ready for polyurethane