Hand Painted Patterns

Hand painted patterns around the house can add texture, warmth, and a soft quality. You might find hand painted work on pottery, walls, or furniture...

• 1 a hand painted armoire by Lucas Rise
• 2 The walls in this Tuscan stairway are hand painted. Via Art Sparx
• 3 hand painted bamboo blinds via re-nest
• 4 custom kitchen utensil tiles by House of Harriet, via Poppytalk (left) and an adorable cat and fish bowl tile on Ebay (right)
• 5 the De Santis Hand-Painted Coffee Table from Pottery Barn, on sale for $350, down from $900.

Do you have any hand painting in your home? Did you do it yourself, purchase it off-the-shelf, or hire someone to do it? Please share below.

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I painted a wall in my bedroom taking inspiration from Otomi embroideries. It includes an inventory of all the animals I have had in my life. The background color is school bus/curry and the animals and flowers are passionflower orange. I painted the pattern in one crazy day. (There have been many parakeets)

posted by haalexa on July 10th 2009 at 5:08pm
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I like the colors and pattern on that wardrobe, but it's a bit too much on such a large piece of furniture. You also lose any sense of the shape or details.

Also wanted to add a link to this stenciled yellow floor.

posted by slowdown on July 10th 2009 at 5:11pm
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I have a hand painted wall in my living room, and I LOVE it. Or, I WILL love it, once its finished (I'm at the half-way mark). Its incredibly labour-intensive, and the process is seemingly never-ending... But it looks incredible.

posted by Cashew on July 10th 2009 at 5:58pm
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slowdown - thanks for the link, i now know what i'm doing when i get my tuition check... omg that is just beautiful!!!

posted by pseudodesigns on July 10th 2009 at 6:04pm
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Decorative painting? The 80s are officially back.

posted by Lisa (Montreal) on July 11th 2009 at 2:12pm
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The armoire is great the rest of them are a little dull though.

posted by SJwashere on July 12th 2009 at 9:01pm
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I painted my bed head - I am so pleased with it, even though it isn't perfect how I wanted it, because I never do anything like that. I had left it plain wood because it was fine that way and I was worried that I couldn't do it how I wanted, but I love it so much! I have other similar things planned, but it will have to wait until the weather is better here in the southern hemisphere.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftastrophies/3411391166/in/set-72157612389800952/

The bit in the left hand corner is stencilled, then I just freehanded. Not perfect, like I said, but perfect enough for me.

posted by Kaviare on July 22nd 2009 at 8:33pm
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