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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sparrow, post: 4567073, member: 78391&quot;]It&#039;s a <i>very</i> faddish thing stateside to chalk paint everything in sight- her stained pieces are usually the last to go, and the painted ones the first. Both of our houses are filled with some really beautiful pieces she&#039;s re-surfaced and re-stained, which I would take any day over a brightly painted one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her first few pieces were little French Provincial nightstands in homemade chalk paint, and she got quite a few requests from people who asked her to contact them if she could find another, or custom paint one they already had. One of them wanted it in a garishly bright turquoise, and another one wanted it in <i>metallic silver</i> (absolutely <i>awful</i>). Mom grumbled the whole time she was working on that one!</p><p><br /></p><p>I try to encourage her, bc i know she enjoys doing it, and it gets her a little pin money, although I don&#039;t think she charges near enough for how much time and effort she puts in. I&#039;m a bit of a bibliophile, and even the higher priced new bookcases I&#039;ve bought buckle under the weight of all my book. She&#039;s refinished some older ones for me, and I&#039;m always amazed by the quality of them. They really don&#039;t make furniture like that anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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