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unique vintage and antique pieces refinished in handpainted contemporary colors with a polyurethane finish for durability and sheen

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Let’s Talk Business

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Want to know more about chroma design?  If you live in Norwood, watch NPA-tv Thursday, March 19, at 8 pm for an episode of “Let’s Talk Business” with Jeanne Babel featuring chroma design. Don’t worry if you don’t live in Norwood.  We’re getting a disk of the show – we’ll find a way to share it with you!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Triptych: A Work in Progress


Photo from February 15 issue of House Beautiful that inspired the color choices for the table tops of the midcentury modern tables
Colors chosen for table tops: Caribbean Blue Waters, Green Thumb, Cayman Lagoon

                                                                      Table tops in progress







Thursday, December 11, 2014

chroma design and Shoppe on Day decorate room at historic Day House

photo from norwoodhistoricalsociety.org

chroma design and Shoppe on Day have teamed up to decorate a room at the historic F. Holland Day House in Norwood for the Norwood Historical Society's Colors of Christmas celebration.  The Historical Society is hosting a number of events this season, as well as hosting the Neighborhood House Tour on Sunday, December 7.  Chroma design and Shoppe on Day decorated F. Holland Day's bedroom an orange theme, which was perfect for chroma's furniture painted in Carrot Stick and Festive Orange.  Check the Historical Society's website for a list of events at the Day House and to see photos of the decorations. www.norwoodhistoricalsociety.org

Monday, September 8, 2014

Old House Journal refuses to credit Chroma Design for furniture

in situ OHJ print version

 

At Chroma Design we were very excited when we heard that a customer’s kitchen remodeling would be featured in Old House Journal, and that a photo of the cafe table we custom-painted, and the matching chairs we  sold to the homeowner would be highlighted.  When the August, 2014, issue came out, there was a beautiful picture of the table and chairs, but no mention of Chroma Design.  After contacting the editor-in-chief, Demetra Aposporos, the caption in the online version of the magazine was changed to read,  “A red table and chairs, painted by Chroma Design, brighten the breakfast nook,” (to see the online version of the article, visit http://www.oldhouseonline.com/black-white-bungalow-kitchen-makeover/) but Ms. Aposporos refused to print a correction in the print version of the magazine.  If you think artists, artisans, and craftspersons should be credited for their work, email Ms. Aposporos at DAposporos@aimmedia.com.  Maybe if she hears from enough people she’ll realize how important it is to creators of pieces to be credited when their work is photographer and published.  Thanks!!

Monday, September 1, 2014

chroma design’s furniture featured in Old House Journal

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        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

chairs during painting table during painting

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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.