Hand painted furniture by Laura

My mission for The Artful Home is to work with clients in collaboration to create one-of-a-kind pieces of hand painted furniture and functional art objects. I want to fulfill the needs of people who want to creatively claim their living spaces by surrounding themselves with personal art that is unique and distinctively theirs, hand painted furniture that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. I want each piece that I create to truly reflect the personalities of the people I am creating them for.

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The art of painted furniture originated in the Orient hundreds of years ago. The technique of hand painting furniture, cupboards and cabinets crossed over to Europe and into England. Decorative painting flourished on furniture. Professional artists painted the personal belongings of the wealthy, and the peasants copied them, thus creating the primitive forms of folk art found in almost every country. Hand painted furniture goes in and out of fashion but never out of style. If you visit any palazzo in Italy today you will see rooms filled with hand painted furniture and how well painted furniture goes with everything.