Design - Leland Grove, Illinois, United States
I started Vintage Visions mainly because I was getting tired of seeing some paint slapped on some rickety old furniture and it being sold as retro, or shabby chic, urban-industrial or any other ‘hip' term used to pass off badly thought out designs. Of course, there are some people out there who are genuinely talented and have some really cool designs. I think a long time about how my pieces will look and go through many different ideas and spend more time than I should on the finish. I've been a professional graphic designer for nearly twenty years and have been drawing and painting since I could hold a pencil. I do all my own paint, carpentry, finishing, and gilding, and if I can't do what needs to be done, I'll employ someone who can rather than half ass myself.