About

Painted Imagination is a vintage furniture business dedicated to providing its customers with quality vintage furniture at affordable prices.  When I started furnishing my first home, I was taken aback by the price of good quality furniture.  $2300 for a table? $1200 for a bureau? Like most people, I quickly turned to the more affordable options. $799 for a complete bedroom set! 5 Pieces! Made largely of MDF. That was the moment I became friends with flea markets, auctions, thrift stores, and yard sales. This was where I could get solid, quality furniture at prices I could afford. But it needed a little work. Some of it needed a lot of work. And so I started furnishing my home. I was the person who would take the broken down bureau that no one else wanted, bring it in the basement, clean it, strip it, stain and finish it. And 3 months later I had a great piece of furniture! So it took a while.

But then my house was full. I didn’t need another stick of furniture. And by now, I liked working in my workshop after supper or on a snowy afternoon. And what about all those pieces I saw that didn’t fit my style but were great pieces? Just waiting for someone to come along and make them useful and beautiful again?

And so, Painted Imagination was born. I search local flea markets, auctions, thrift stores, and yard sales looking for quality woods, solid structure and construction, and the uniqueness and beauty that only true craftsmen can bring to the furniture they create. Each piece is carefully cleaned and repaired.  It is then finished with high quality latex paint and two coats of water-based polyurethane for durability. Every piece of furniture you buy from Painted Imagination is a vote for quality, for small business, for a greener and more sustainable lifestyle, and for the generations of furniture craftsmen who took pride in what they created. Welcome!