Hand painted furniture comes in various types. The designer style which is painted to suit your requirements and colors schemes is done especially to order. You tell the artist what you want, whether it is something with a top, or front that resembles an old masters painting, to a steam engine, or a floral design with gold leaf finishing touches.
Basically, you say what you want, the artist comes up with ideas and you commission a piece of furniture to suit your preferences. This kind of hand painted accent furniture is too expensive for most people, but there is another way to enjoy the look of hand painted furniture in your home.
These are a whole range of different designs, colors and shapes available with hand painting furniture that are actually mass produced. Every piece in a particular range, or brand, will be very similar in design but not necessarily the same.
There is a great range of hand painted children’s furniture to suit kids’ rooms at Mercysake on the internet. The scrollwork heirloom side chest is thirty five inches high and thirty inches wide with a depth of eighteen inches. It is a piece of childrens hand painted furniture designed for a child and would make an attractive nightstand. This one comes in several color ways including a stripe. Choose from aqua, baby blue, brick, cream and a host of other colors and the piece will cost you $795 but if you want stripes it will cost you another $100 on top.
Walmart has a range of lovely hand painted furniture designs and as is usual for this store, it is all tremendous value for the money. The thirty inch hand painted swivel bar stool has a black finish with a checker board design painted on the back. This would look great in a kitchen, or bar area and costs $239. You’ll find many other types of hand painted dining room furniture there too.
If that is not what you are looking for in hand painted furniture take a look at the Butler Artist’s Floral console table which is hand painted in yellow with a floral design. Artist’s originals are a designer range of furniture styled and painted by artists. Other designs include Chinese style scroll painting and calligraphy, floral patterns, abstract patterns and even stripes. Each piece costs around $739.
There are bargains in whimsical hand painted furniture if you look around and search the internet. Some cut price stores sell mass produced hand painted furniture which is done with a machine but is still technically hand painted. This hand painted furniture is much cheaper to buy and there is a range of colors. Many of these pieces are imported from countries like China and you will find a few items that match each other in each batch that a store has for sale.
If this is what you want, searching the internet for cheap hand painted furniture will soon reveal some bargains. Check out the sizes of the pieces though, before you buy, because there is also a range of hand painted furniture for dolls houses.