If the potato farmer had painted furniture in the early 1900's, he might have ordered milk paint through the mail.

While she prefers to work on found pieces, she will also paint furniture belonging to clients.

But she won't paint new furniture or fine furniture.

By age 14 she was painting furniture for friends and neighbors.

Artistic painter jobs do not fully employ the Lang, so he periodically had to paint houses and furniture.

'Over recent years I have combined my knowledge and skills into the area of fine hand painted furniture,' she explained.

He plans to paint and buy furniture.

Like the sitting-room it contained a mixture of modern utility and elaborately painted furniture.

She explained that japanners painted furniture "lamp black," then decorated it with gesso.

The book demonstrates vivid color schemes and explains how to paint outdoor furniture.