I adore Josef Frank textiles and furniture but since my budget does not allow for buying furniture via Christie's Auctions, I always just figured owning one of his decoupage dressers would remain a dream.
That was until I came across this wonderful idea via An Aesthete's Lament! With a carefully selected IKEA purchase, (pictures 4—7) a quick trip to a hardware or lumber store for wooden feet, (picture 8) and an afternoon or two of craftiness, I could have a pretty darn cool reproduction! Sourcing the beautiful botanical prints is likely the biggest challange but eBay is a good source (picture 9) or I could make my own. Design*Sponge offers a great how-to. (picture 10)
(Images: 1 via Wee Wonderfuls, 2 designboom, 3 An Aesthete's Lament, 4 Bjursta Sideboard $249, 5 Cyril Computer Cabinet $199, 6 Norrsten Cabinet $399, 7Ivar Pine Cabinet $80)











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Great idea!
I can also see using the Cavallini paper with butterflies to create something similar to Fornasetti's famous butterfly tables
http://www.unicahome.com/p24896/fornasetti/butterfly-tables-by-barnaba-and-piero-fornasetti.html
Check with your local botanical garden! Many botanical gardens have rare book libraries with tons of prints. Or, try sourcing through a library site like http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/
or
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Since most of the prints are no longer under copyright, it's generally pretty easy to get prints.
I love the look. I think finding the right botanical print is the easy part. I think executing the decoupage with care and attention to detail, varnish, and lots of sanding is the hard part. Then making the piece work with other things you own.
This might be cheating a little but how about printing your own on transparent copy paper. It even comes peel and stick. Also crafts stores like Michael's have decoupage that you slide in warm water and they lift off. They were real popular in the seventies but I think they are making a comeback. I have seen some really beautiful ones. Just a thought.
I LOVE this idea!!!
I also love this one from blueprint a while back:
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/decoupage-crafts?&lpgStart=1¤tslide=8¤tChapter=1#ms-global-breadcrumbs
and I can't find it on her website, but I remember Martha did a spread of decoupaged furniture a while back and my favorite was covered in huge banana leaf looking things cut from wallpaper. It looked so great...I want to try it.