Toning mahogany furniture, dining room table and chairs sets Italian Provincial chairs toned to coordinate with mahogany dining room table
 
 Posted By: Donald Timpanaro
 Posted On: Jan 7 2011 7:17PM

Here are chairs from an Italian importer which came in much greener and pigmented with white.  At first glance, I really didnt' think we were going to have much success toning this chair because green and white pigmented finishes are real tough to make mahogany color.

After a few attempts toning with different colors, I found a formula that worked.

The picture shown below shows the original dining chair on the left and our mahogany toned dining chair on right.



Close up of masking job



Another great picture showing true color


Here is a picture which summarizes what we did. We coordinated the newly finisihed chair with table (see table leaf on edge behind chair) and pedestal. 


Intentionaly shading the arms really makes a chair come alive.  These little details can make a huge difference. We shade arms, tips of feet, carved areas of chair and corners.  This is a technique I learned from watching  North Carolina furniture finishers in manufacturing plants. Higher end furniture will look alive when properly finished.


 

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