The Mid-Century Modern Police…

I have been accused of sacrilegiously painting a East Lake style bed before and had to make my case in front of the Antique Police {don’t act like you don’t know who I’m talking about…you know…the stuffy old coots that scowl their noses at painted antiques}. Anyway, here I am again facing damnation from all Mid-Century Modern followers…Hold your breath and wait to hear the gasps across the world…I’m painting a mid-century bed….Oh what is the world to do without a pristine walnut full size bed that no one wanted??? Well, since I redesign unappealing furniture…I’m painting it black. Yes, there I admit it. I’m painting it. I actually love mid-century furniture and I typically do not paint pieces of this period, unless they are too far gone to be refinished or by request of the client.  That being said, I have a lot of requests from clients with tween and teenagers that love the modern styling of these pieces, but are not impressed with the look of the unpainted wood. So this is not the first piece and probably not the last one that I will paint.

Let me submit some evidence to support my case…

Exhibit A

You could have this lovely, but somewhat boring chest of drawers or

you could have this little number…

Exhibit B.

Before…nice lines…not so interesting color {for a teen}

After…hip enough for the “I hate everything, but this is pretty cool” teenager.

So Mid-Century Police punish away…but I’m not going to stop painting these little gems…It’s totally how I’m keeping my uber-cool status with teens and moms…