Comments on: I See a Red Door… http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Thu, 23 May 2013 00:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jameshttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door/comment-page-1#comment-12463 james Thu, 27 May 2010 20:13:41 +0000 http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/I+See+A+Red+Door.aspx#comment-12463 Well, fact is, most early American furniture was painted or stained a very dark purple-ish type color AKA "spanish brown". According to John T Kirk, it wasn’t until the 1780s when furniture fashion saw lighter colored stains that showed the natural grain of wood.

Since windsor chairs are usually made from several species of wood, they were always painted.

]]> By: tirane93http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door/comment-page-1#comment-12462 tirane93 Thu, 27 May 2010 19:40:04 +0000 http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/I+See+A+Red+Door.aspx#comment-12462 ok, ok. i admit i’m still a very new woodworker. but why is it EVER appropriate to paint instead of varnish/oil shelac beautiful wood? am i the only one who cringes every time woodgrain is covered?

]]> By: Gregg Countshttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door/comment-page-1#comment-12461 Gregg Counts Thu, 27 May 2010 17:08:24 +0000 http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/I+See+A+Red+Door.aspx#comment-12461 I like that look. Those chairs have character, like the walnut rocker I have that belonged to my grandfather. I have not made any chairs yet but, after reading your blog on this one I am ready to sign up for a class or two. I look forward to the two part article from Dunbar.

]]> By: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkbsiS1lT5LFKC5uTnS7RfRZVtE2Q3HDekhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door/comment-page-1#comment-12460 www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkbsiS1lT5LFKC5uTnS7RfRZVtE2Q3HDek Thu, 27 May 2010 16:49:29 +0000 http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/I+See+A+Red+Door.aspx#comment-12460 Nice Stones reference.

]]> By: Stevehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door/comment-page-1#comment-12459 Steve Thu, 27 May 2010 16:15:01 +0000 http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/I+See+A+Red+Door.aspx#comment-12459 Is Mike Dunbar’s whole house rotated 90 degrees, or just the one room? Maybe he put it on a gimbal after he watched the video of you planing that long board?

]]> By: Clay Dowlinghttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door/comment-page-1#comment-12458 Clay Dowling Thu, 27 May 2010 16:09:32 +0000 http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/I+See+A+Red+Door.aspx#comment-12458 Let me second the recommendation for "Chairmaking Simplified." My wife bought that for me for Christmas a couple years back. Even a neophyte like me was able to build a chair, with some training on a lathe from my father, and some guidance as we went through the process.

]]> By: Jonhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/finishing/i-see-a-red-door/comment-page-1#comment-12457 Jon Thu, 27 May 2010 15:23:14 +0000 http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/I+See+A+Red+Door.aspx#comment-12457 Ooh, I like the look of those chairs. It looks exactly like the painted finish on the antique rocking chair in my grandma’s house — the one everyone fights over at family gatherings since it’s so comfortable. Of course, its "distress" happened the old-fashioned way. Regardless, I like the look of "lived-in" furniture.

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