Comments on: before and after: jennifer’s glass frame

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:22:52 +0000

oh, and with regards to the “what will you do when white is dated” comment, you could just dip this to strip the paint and it probably would return to it’s original form, though minus the beautiful patina

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:21:27 +0000

I loved the old finish on the frame.. the beautiful details don’t pop the same way with white, and the color of the original was so interesting..

By: Gitasan

Gitasan — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:45:55 +0000

What a great project! I love to look at all the b4 and after… great ideas! thank you so much for sharing! I wish I had that vision when I saw something.

By: yeye

yeye — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:24:57 +0000

hmm…. I have very mixed feelings on this. I think to look at the piece on it’s own in a fleeting moment, it looks really good.
However I do think it depends on the home. The original color was more old/classic/rustic feeling (like my home), the white makes it feel more modern — but what are you going to do with it when all white feels sadly dated? Maybe paint the floral details with pretty colors? paint it black? uuhhh… decoupage it with newsprint? I think you would start to loose the detail after all that time. Which would be a little sad.
Or maybe I’m wrong, and white truly goes with everything, for all time. It would look really good in a little girl’s room probably in any decade to come, even when the modern livingroom would never tolerate it, so perhaps it’s not a huge waste. hmm…

By: julie

julie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:48:07 +0000

I agree with the purists. The original was beautiful in itself. What a pity. Now it looks like every other design blog craft project.

By: meg

meg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:20:11 +0000

it’s a neat collage idea, but I think it could use some friends, or a little more “sumthin sumthin” on top of that piano to make it not look so… lonely… ;) maybe if jennifer’s able to find even more vintage/antique frames and do them up for a mini collection – that I’d LOVE to see as a before & after & after!