Finishing
Faux-Bamboo Chair Frames in White
Chair frames shaped to imitate bamboo, photographed close up with the old paint chipped and dirt-caught, then finished in a clean white.
In short This project was a set of chairs with faux-bamboo frames — posts and rails formed with ring-shaped joints in imitation of bamboo. The before photograph is a close-up of one frame: the cream paint is chipped and flaking, dulled, and dark with dirt caught in the mouldings. The after photograph shows the finished chairs in place around a round pedestal table, the frames an even, clean white with green seat cushions.
What the photographs show
Before. A close-up, shot against a plain white backdrop. The frame imitates bamboo: swelling rings at intervals along each rail and post, a ringed collar at the top of the back post, and a ball finial above it. The cream paint over it is chipped through in several places, flaking along the rails, dulled everywhere, and darkened where dirt has settled into the mouldings.
After. The finished chairs stand in a bay window around a round white pedestal table, on a round jute rug over a wood floor. The frames are an even, clean white with no chipping or shadowing left in the mouldings, and each chair carries a bright green seat cushion. The chair backs are open fretwork panels between faux-bamboo posts, and each rear post is topped by the same ringed collar and ball finial visible in the close-up.
Read these two frames carefully
The before photograph is a detail and the after photograph is a room, so this is not the same view twice. What connects them is the shape of the frame: the ringed collar, the ball finial and the swelling joints of the close-up match the shape of the rear posts on the finished chairs. We have not counted the set in either frame, and the close-up shows one frame only.
A second photograph from the same job shows more of the frames waiting in the shop:
About these photographs
This entry is built from the workshop’s own photographs of the job. Everything above describes what is visible in the frames — form, color, finish, and the condition of the surface — and nothing more.