Coming out of a 2 year hiatus from commission works to create these bespoke hand painted bedsides for an old client of ours.
Inspired by our clients story behind this commission project. We came up with this creative concept for her bedsides to signify a moment in time. A concept to signify strength, femininity, empowerment, resilience and elegance.
These beautifully rustic metallic bedsides, have been sympathetically revived with bright pops of underlying colours, an old worldly raised stone stencilling, hand created textures, cracks and chips all encased in Artisan metallics. So imperfectly perfect, rustic yet elegant with a strong presence. A captivating artful revival, these hand painted and created bedsides will elevate and set the tone in the bedroom, a feature set that will naturally draw the eye towards them, adjusting constantly with the reflective gold finish. An absolute honour to have these travel over 200km to have to have us work on them.
Furniture surrounds us all the time and sometimes it's wonderful to be able to create a piece either in tribute, to signify a change, mark a moment or new beginning. adding another layer of sentimental value to the piece. We all need to surround ourselves more with things that we love and have meaning.
What we did:
Raised stencilling with Artisan Stone Effects in Rustic Rye. To see how simple this is to do click here
Painted in Wendy's Pink Premium Chalk Paint, loading on thickly and moving in all directions with a Staalmeester series 2020 brush.
Dry brushed in the following colours: Toulouse, Purple Sash, Firefly,
(To dry brush pick up a small amount of Premium Chalk Paint, and dab most of it off on a rag... your brush should almost be dry with colour on the tips, then sweep it over in areas over Wendy's Pink, creating patches and overlaying colours together)
Indie metallic gold brushed over in areas but allowing the colours to show through, sweeping over the textures. Milan Moonshadow metallic as a low light detailed over in areas around the handles and on the handles themselves.
Distressed edges with 240 grit as soon as the metallics were touch dry but still soft
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Premium Chalk Paints:
Metallic Alchemy range : Illuminator, Indie Gold ,Milan MoonShadow,
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The Artisan Company is a New Zealand owned and based company focussed upon making and providing the highest quality decorative paints and tools for homes and all types of spaces. Born out of a rich heritage of bespoke furniture and interiors through the merging of Taylored Revival and Vintro Paint NZ and with several decades of experience we are unashamedly focused upon luxury DIY products and in helping people achieve bespoke looks in their interiors.
As NZ's only bespoke paint manufacturer making our own exclusive formulations including our flagship Premium Chalk Paint we combine technology with our fine tuned natural skills. We use advanced machinery with an exact accuracy measured within less than a ¼ of a ml and use a custom formulation database with complex colours formulated by hand; most of which can't be replicated by machines. Our trademarked FLOWplus® technology further differentiates our range being built in from the ground up and allowing our thick full bodied and highly pigmented paints to mould and flow effortlessly. We are a proud NZ company who promotes and uses local suppliers and products wherever possible. We also aim to have a positive impact on environment through low VOC paints, minimised wastage and smart use of materials.
To provide the best possible experience for our customers we have also curated artisanal tools including the world renowned Staalmeester brushes which work in perfect unison with our Premium Chalk Paint and otehr ranges with there rich and creamy consistency. From the advanced bristle materials through to the INOX steel ferrules it all really helps to achieve the best results, and yes brushes do make a big difference to your painting experience and finish.
Aside from our unique range of products, we are also proud of our decades worth of experience in the field of decorative painting and training. Having been recognised locally and overseas for these efforts has also led us to directly train over three thousand people and paint over two thousand bespoke furniture or interior pieces for clients.
Heritage of Taylored Revival
Taylored Revival or TR as it was known by its regulars was a family business started in a garage in East Auckland in 2012. A leading decorative painting studio which undertook thousands of commissions projects over the years and was considered the leading Chalk Paint retailer in the Australasian region. Progressing through the years from a small retail store in Whitford through to a large format 300m2 retail site in Botany. Take a quick look at the history and the prequel to The Artisan Company below.
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