A Day in the Life of a Furniture Painter
First we source it - then we negotiate a fair price for it - then we drive great distances through heavy traffic to pick it up - we then load very heavy pieces - drive through heavy traffic to get it back home - and UNLOAD the very heavy pieces -
We sanitize it - sand if if necessary - repair broken drawers - fill chipped veneer - or worse replace veneer completely -
We paint it - we stencil or place graphics or glaze and antique it - and then we finish it with and if we use waxes just know that that in and of itself is worth every single penny we charge for the completed piece - ( I HATE waxing )
All of this to have a customer say -
" can you come down in price? "
" you only painted it after all "
Sometimes you just gotta laugh or you'd punch someone's lights out LMHO
( more photos of before and afters on the blog )
We sanitize it - sand if if necessary - repair broken drawers - fill chipped veneer - or worse replace veneer completely -
We paint it - we stencil or place graphics or glaze and antique it - and then we finish it with and if we use waxes just know that that in and of itself is worth every single penny we charge for the completed piece - ( I HATE waxing )
All of this to have a customer say -
" can you come down in price? "
" you only painted it after all "
Sometimes you just gotta laugh or you'd punch someone's lights out LMHO
( more photos of before and afters on the blog )
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Love what you did to both of the pieces!!!!
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@Alice Thanks so much Alice !
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From ugly to lovely. I like it. Good job and thanks for sharing
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