I really want some inlaid casegoods--Syrian inlaid furniture or Anglo-Indian (antique). I like to hunt around to see if I could import some wholesale. (I mean, I'd really like to keep my bedside table to $500 or less.)
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Then I realized that was just rude. I want someone to kill a tree (or two) and spend weeks worth of labor placing pieces of mother-of-pearl and camel bone into complicated patterns pieced with the veneer. For almost free.
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While I'm a free trade girl (Go Maroons!), I'm realizing that I must accept that I may never own a decent inlaid piece, even a little one. Because some things you just can't get on the cheap.
Side tables in Elle Decor.
Chairs via tumblr (now I can't find the source)
Anthro, Wisteria, and others offer almost real stuff. I prefer the pearl/bone in wood look--I'm pretty sure they are pushing the bone pieces into soft lacquer for the new pieces.
Incidently, pushing material into soft lacquer is how they made inlaidVictorian furniture (it comes from Japaning)--
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those paper-mache chairs were coated in black lacquer. then cut pieces of mother of pearl and/or abalone was pushed in when the lacquer was still soft. This seems a little toxic, and not made for inexpensive trial and error. (Side note--I want to revive paper-mache furniture. Seems like it could be "green", no? Just need a heated press and a couple million worth of molds.....)
But there are the stencils.....
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So I'm currently focusing my energy on finding some cheap furniture I can try this on. And less time wishing I could find some piece on the cheap....since it would mean someone was paid $.03/hour and I would still pay a grand to get it here. I've got a stack of 8"-10" wood squares to practice on.....
Thoughts? Is this the home decor equivalent of F-Uggs, or a decent stand-in? Here is a Veranda slide show and an Elle Decor slideshow if you need more pics.
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