Scandinavian country furniture is often characterized by painted woodwork, simple designs and the restrained use of ornamentation. The muted blues and greens of the Scandinavian palette, often aged and faded, are integral to this pleasant, feminine style, which fits beautifully in a casual dining room or an eat-in kitchen. Materials:
Old or new chair
Medium-grit sandpaper
Tack cloth
Primer/sealer
Latex paint for base coat
Polyurethane sealer
Paintbrush
Acrylic paint
Antiquing gel
Stencil paint
Small foam brush
Tracing paper
Mylar®
Scandinavian pattern to stencil
Utility knife
Cutting board
Stencil adhesive
- Sand the chair, and wipe clean with a tack cloth.
- Prime the chair, let dry, and apply a base coat of latex paint.
- Make a tinted antiquing gel by mixing one part acrylic paint with one part antiquing gel. Apply a coat of the tinted gel to the chair, brushing in one direction only (figure A).
- Use a rag to remove some of the antiquing gel, wiping in the direction of the brushstrokes (figure B). How much paint you wipe off is up to you.
- Make a stencil, using Scandinavian-style letters and patterns. Find patterns in books from the library or an art store. Begin by tracing the desired pattern on tracing paper (figure C). Lay Mylar over it, and trace the image onto the Mylar (figure D). When making letter stencils, be sure to leave little bridges across the letters to hold the center of the letter to the main body of the stencil. If you don't, the middle of the letter will fall out.
- Very carefully cut out the stencil shapes with a utility knife (figure E).
- Spray the back of the stencil with stencil adhesive, and center it on the back of the chair (figure F).
- Lightly dab on stencil paint with a foam brush (figure G). Applying a few light coats should prevent paint from seeping under the stencil.
- Peel off the Mylar stencil to reveal the stenciled pattern (figure H).
- Finish with a coat or two of clear polyurethane.
RESOURCES :
Rudolph Grotto Gardens
Rudolph Grotto Gardens
Rudolph, WI 54475
Phone: 715-435-3120
Romantic home-decorating and gardening resource
Model: Dec/Jan 1997 Issue (issues before May 1997 are not
"Romantic Homes" (formerly "Victorian Sampler")
Country Sampler Inc. "Country Sampler's Decorating Ideas" Magazine
St. Charles, IL 60174
Phone: 630-377-8000 ext. 27
Fax: 630-377-8194
Email: country@sampler.com
Website: www.sampler.com
The Scandinavian Look: Country by Design
Model: 157717187X
Author: Stephen Brook
2001
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