FINISH FINE : PUT YOUR MARK ON INTERIORS

Finish Fine

READY-TO-FINISH FURNITURE LET YOU PUT YOUR MARK ON INTERIORS

By John Lehndorff

Photos: Unfinished Furniture Colorado

Colorado’s home furniture artists have literally come out of the woodwork in the past year.

“People have had time at home to look at their old tables and dressers and decide to upgrade the furnishings in rooms all over their houses,” says Richard Lambert who co-owns Unfinished Furniture Colorado with his wife, Yvonne.

Forget your “unfinished’ preconceptions of inexpensive plain pine furniture for college students and newlyweds. What an unfinished bookcase, nightstand or cabinet really offers is the opportunity to personalize and customize it so it doesn’t look like everybody else’s furniture.

“We have been very busy with customers buying new furniture to finish themselves or having us finish it for them,” Lambert says.

Unfinished Furniture Colorado stocks its Broomfield showroom with complete lines of furniture for dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens and bedrooms plus the area’s most extensive selection of premium wood finishes, stains and paints. Factory and custom painting and staining are also available.

According to Lambert, solid wood home office equipment is in the highest demand including credenzas, storage cubes, desks, filing cabinets and writing tables.

RIGHT-HEIGHT CHAIRS AND SCHOOL AT HOME

While there are standard models and sizes, many pieces can be customized. “For example, we can build bookcases and cabinets in sizes that fit your available space. There’s a lot of demand for that especially for older homes,” he says.

In addition, Lambert has local wood artisans available who can build furniture to order using stellar hardwoods and adding first class details like dovetail drawers and euro drawer glides for easy opening. The company recently completed a set of stand-up desk stations for a local business.

“There has been a lot of need for kidsized tables and chairs,” Lambert says. Parents have set up “school” at home, often in spaces that were previously extra bedrooms or storage. The store also stocks a full range of chests, and dressers, and they have a local builder who makes bunk and loft beds for kids, as well as whimsical wood furniture for children including toddler rocking chairs.

FROM ADIRONDACK CHAIRS TO A CHERRY LAZY SUSAN

Since the COVID-19 pandemic Unfinished Furniture Colorado has observed strict safety rules in the store with assistance available online and on the phone.

The lines of furniture in the showroom cover a wide range of styles and prices. Options include leisurely Adirondack chairs for chilling on the patio and American-made hardwood furniture: beds, bookcases and even a 96- by 48inch table with an 18-inch removable leaf.

Unfinished Furniture Colorado is also stocking new lines to make the most of odd-shaped home spaces. Consider a corner cabinet with bottom doors, a 30-inch-tall tea table/plant stand, a gorgeous cherry wood Lazy Susan and Colorado-made cutting boards

WELCOME TO THE FINISH LINE

The company is known for customer service and a staff of creative consultants who help customers put a personal stamp on their furnishings. Among the possibilities are custom finishes, such as antiquing, distressing, glazing and faux marble.

“If you are doing it yourself, we’re here to help you through the process,” Lambert says. Ongoing advice about sanding, staining and painting is always available.

Customers proudly share images of their finished projects and detail their techniques on Lambert’s Facebook page with some bright, creative results. “We had one customer who painted the base of dining table a navy blue with a lightly stained top. It looked great,” Lambert says.

The store doesn’t sell bathroom furniture and fixtures, but that didn’t stop one couple. “They pulled an old bathtub out of their master bathroom and replaced it with a refinished bedroom dresser, the result was amazing” he says.

Naturally, Unfinished Furniture Colorado also stocks an array of waxes and polishes to help maintain that shining wood-grained finish throughout the year.

> Unfinished Furniture Colorado, 5095 W. 120th Ave., Broomfield, 303.529.4155, unfinishedfurniturecolorado.com