This is a footboard of a vintage metal bed I bought at a tag sale. I got the headboard , footboard, 2 rails and the steel spring frame for 20.00. It was made in New York City by the Brooklyn Metal Bed Company. It's all steel and the graining and marbleing are hand done.
[ February 02, 2011, 07:14 PM: Message edited by: Louie Pascuzzi ]
Posted by DianeBalch (Member # 1301) on :
Beautiful
I used to live in Danbury, on great plains rd
D iane
Posted by Louie Pascuzzi (Member # 1373) on :
Diane, my first shop was at 20 Great Plain Rd and I live at the end of Great Plain in Aqua Vista.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Cut the legs off and it's a sign for your shop.
Posted by Louie Pascuzzi (Member # 1373) on :
Alicia, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw them.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Or maybe you can turn them upside down, and use the legs to hang it from a really great looking wrought iron hanger. The copy could read, "Real Wood Signs, Made Here".
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
This is a rather nice piece to be proud of. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
That's really pretty, Lou. Nice Job!!
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
Thanks I needed that example for a piece I have to grain in some spots.
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
spray paint it with flat black rustoleum to cut down on glare
Posted by Craig Sjoquist (Member # 4684) on :
Thats beautiful wow it is amazing that it is hand done and why would you cut it up wow beautiful thanks for sharing
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
that is very slick!!
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Really beautiful, what Paint did you use, any special secrets??
Posted by Kathy Weeks (Member # 10828) on :
Louie - Thanks for sharing this old style of making an inexpensive substrate look expensive! I think there are still a one or two old timers around here that do hand painted woodgraining, but they are hard to find (don't advertise), so every once in a while I get someone ask me if I can get them vinyl with woodgrain on it, so they can apply it to the dash of their antique car (they think that would be cheaper than paying an old timer/artist to do it. I tell them to quit being a cheapskate, and do it right - pay the old timer to make it look correct - they'll get a beautiful job that CANNOT be duplicated with any vinyl product. Sometimes I get to hear that they found an old timer and had the woodgraining done by hand, and are now bragging about it. Posted by Louie Pascuzzi (Member # 1373) on :
Everyone, I did not apply the woodgrain to this piece. That is how I found it.I did some research on the company that made it and back in the day they would woodgrain these steel beds to make them look like the more expensive wood ones.
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