tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59201119435359379892024-03-13T07:37:39.080-07:00Plain JaneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-33809314079947891292015-03-04T09:38:00.000-08:002015-03-04T10:05:03.717-08:00Estate Sale Dresser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I found a dresser that had such pretty details. It was covered in thick gross apple green paint, but under the paint I knew it was pretty. I have painted a few old beat up pieces of furniture, but this was the first piece that was already painted. I initially thought it would be nbd to simply paint over it w my homemade chalk paint, but after inspecting it further I felt like some of the paint and dried drips needed to go.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This photo does not do it justice. This was some serious apple green thick paint. The pretty details were hidden. I started by sanding lightly with my orbital sander followed by using stripper on the top. I sanded and sanded until the top was stripped down to bare wood and the body of the dresser was free of drips. There was a dark green paint under the apple green paint. I also sanded the tops of the drawer faces because there was so much paint the drawers didn't close easily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was so happy to finally paint. I spent more time on prep for this job than I expected. I will think twice before taking on another heavily painted piece again! Once I had sanded down the old drips, I wiped it down with a tack cloth and painted with 2 coats of homemade chalk paint with a light sanding in between. I distressed it lightly and waxed it with Fiddes and Sons clear wax. I was not seeing the beautiful details as much as I wanted to so I tinted some clear wax with the dark stain. I waxed with the dark wax to make the details pop.</span><br />
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I love the hardware. I wiped them with a clean cloth before replacing them. They were in very good condition.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pretty details along the bottom of the dresser. This was not seen at all with the green paint and even before the dark wax.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can see the upper edge of the drawers were stripped . I sanded and stripped them until I got down to bare wood then wiped some stain on the edges followed by wax. The drawers open and close much easier now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm very happy with the results of this project. I knew this piece was beautiful under all of the old paint. No more previously painted pieces. for me. At least not unless I can simply paint over the old paint!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-88293866493369502832014-08-31T18:26:00.000-07:002014-08-31T18:26:30.528-07:00Estate Sale Chair Makeover<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went on a recent estate sale outing with my shopping buddy Laura. We had 2 local sales to go to and based on the ad I saw, our expectations were low. Well we hit the jackpot. I love a day like that! We both found a few items we were interested in. I found this lonely little chair sitting off by itself. I loved the swirly arms and the detail in the back, but it was a bit dreary. Unfortunately my "before" pictures are bad. The chair was a reasonable price and I couldn't resist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wiped it down with a rag to dust it off and painted with 2 coats of homemade chalk paint. I went a bit more bold in the color than my usual choice. I think I like it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I sanded between coats, then sanded and distressed after the 2nd coat was dry. I distressed the arms a bit more than I intended to, but it's done now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The seat was sturdy but covered in an old gold fabric. I found a beautiful print and covered over the seat without removing the old fabric.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm happy with the new chair. The pretty detailed back and the swirly arms stand out more with the beautiful paint color and distressing. I love the finished project.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-87135519024586922392014-07-27T12:49:00.000-07:002014-08-14T16:22:38.521-07:00Craigs List Cedar Chest I sold my first painted cedar chest a few months ago. I immediately missed it because I was using it for storage of CDs and DVDs in our greatroom. I didn't love it though. I did not like the shade of yellow I painted it with, so I was happy to have an excuse to search for a new/old cedar chest. I was happy to have sold the crazy yellow one on CL.<br />
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I didn't realize how difficult it would be to find a new/old cedar chest in my price range. Eventually good old CL came through with and ad for one for $15. Perfect! I called ahead and my husband went with me to pick it up.<br />
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The picture on CL showed an opened chest which I didn't think twice about. Until I went to buy it. It had a fabric covered padded seat. Oiy. The fabric was grimey with stains. Cranberry color with small floral print. And it was corderoy. The mdf board was falling apart. 1 of the 4 pieces of hardware was broken and there was a lot of repair work to be done on the lower front. Just what you might expect for $15. Sold!!<br />
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I was planning on covering a new piece of mdf for the seat but my husband suggested we buy a stainable board, cut it and route the edges and attach to the seat. I liked that plan much better. That plan called for purchase of a new board vs new mdf, new fabric and padding. After the board was cut and edges were finished, I sanded and stained the board w stain I had from a previous project.</div>
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With only 3 of 4 usable hardware handles, I filled in all of the holes and decided I would make this a 2-handle vs a 4-handle chest. I spent some time filling and sanding the front damaged bottom of the chest with wood filler. Once it was adequate, I wiped the dust off and painted w 2 coats of homemade chalk paint. I used a nice neutral color which I have learned I like much better for my house. I sanded between coats, and I distressed lightly when the painting was complete. My husband drilled holes for the 2 handles I was using. I spray painted the hardware w flat black paint.</div>
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The hardware was added, the stained top was attached, and everything received a coat of Fiddes and Sons clear wax. The chest is in the greatroom where I had my old one. I like it so much better than the old yellow one. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-7239756786931611742014-07-26T12:49:00.001-07:002014-07-26T13:45:54.362-07:00MMS Inspired Stenciled Dresser<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We all know her and love her work...yes, MMS. I love her stenciled furniture pieces and I had the perfect dresser to try stenciling on. My dresser was a boring rectangular ho-hum dresser that was not old, didn't have awesome legs or any interesting features at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But it was what I had. As I wrote in an earlier post, my daughter has moved closer to home :) and could really use a dresser. She and I both have kept our eyes opened to CL, but no luck. And I already owned the boring dresser and was ready to pass it on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The inspirations are the MMS blue dresser and the very chippy yellow one, both on her blog and on pinterest. They are beautiful. I'm not 100% keen on chippiness, so my plan was to stencil and lightly distress. First, I made an awesome stencil using notebook paper, a pencil and an exacto knife. I marked the length of a dresser drawer, folded the notebook paper in half and drew my design. Leaving the paper folded, I cut the stencil through so when I opened it I had a wonderful drawer length symmetric stencil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I<i> </i>decided to paint the dresser a cheery mint green with white stenciling. I already had a partial quart of green from a previous project so that was an easy decision. I mixed up my homemade chalk paint and painted the body and drawers green. The huge benefit of chalk paint is no prep work and quality paint adhesion. The dresser had been uncovered in the garage for 6 months. I wiped the dust off w a paper towel. That was the extent of my prep. Love it! I like to paint,but not so much clean and sand. After 2 coats I gave it a quickie sanding on the drawer fronts to get good stenciling. Doing 1 drawer at a time, I taped my stencil to the front and used white chalk to mark the pattern. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">using white craft paint and a small paintbrush, i followed along the chalked stencil until the drawer was complete. I continued on each drawer until all were complete and I was nicely surprised to see all of the drawers looked uniform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After drying, I put the drawers in the dresser and added a few more details with my craft paint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I sanded, lightly distressed all surfaces, and wiped with a tack cloth before waxing with Fiddes and Sons clear wax. I added simple white knobs and was finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My daughter helped carry the dresser around in the front yard to help find a suitable photography location. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm happy with the dresser transformation. It was a fun project. My daughter is taking it to her new apartment and I'm happy it will have a new home. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-27562474140892796562014-06-01T17:58:00.000-07:002014-06-01T17:58:02.947-07:002 Little Tables<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Great news...my daughter moved back to Florida and is only 1 hr away now :) It is great to have her close to home and so fun to be able to see her more easily than when she was 1200 mi away! She has moved into a nice apartment and is looking for some furniture to add here and there. Furniture that may not be her " forever furniture" , if there is such a thing, but affordable pieces to use for now. She has the basics, but definitely needs a few pieces. She and I found a cute bedside table a few weeks ago at an estate sale. We bought it for $8 and she wanted it painted and distressed in a medium gray. We went to Lowes and she picked out the color. I am happy to do the labor, but not decide on colors!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The "before" is a somewhat dreary table, not in bad shape, but dusty and neglected. It had a laminate top so I painted w zinzer primer as a 1st coat, then 2 coats of homemade chalk paint , sanding and distressing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We hit a number of thrift stores looking for end tables, but no luck. I got an idea of what she was looking for though and the following weekend I found a $15 solid wood end table at an estate sale. I liked the front detail and I loved the legs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I sent her a few pictures, got a thumbs up, and started cleaning it up. This table was very dusty and a little grimey so I washed w TSP first, then painted w homemade chalk paint , sanded and distressed.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I love Fiddes and Sons wax</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I need some practice w drawer-lining/modge podge!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Shopping/thrifting/furniture rehab is always more fun when you are with someone special :)</span></li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-56600406690961152062014-03-24T15:47:00.000-07:002014-03-24T16:27:35.755-07:00Lamp RehabI wanted to replace a lamp on my dresser because my current one was too short. I thought I would try rehabbing one so I could make it just the way I wanted it to look. I found a tall wooden lamp for $5 at a local thrift store and I thought it would be perfect to paint with my homemade chalk paint. I did absolutely no prep work. None. I didn't even wipe it down.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I painted w 2 coats of my chalk paint w a light sanding in between. I lightly distressed after the second coat.It looked so much better already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After light distressing. On my dresser looking good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And now for the lampshade. I wanted to cover a shade in fabric. I found a very affordable drum shade by purchasing an old lamp w the perfect size shade at another thrift store. $12 for the lamp and shade. I spent a little time on Pinterest reading how others had covered shades in fabric and headed to Joanne's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I ironed the fabric thoroughly to get all creases and wrinkles out before I started. I rolled the fabric around the shade cutting the fabric w an extra inch on top and bottom. I ironed the fabric one last time before glueing. I tried to pull the fabric tight as I went along the top and bottom to keep from having any wrinkles or extra fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> I added a red braided trim to the top and bottom to finish it off. Fabri-Tac was the glue I used. It was easy to work with and dried quickly. I covered the shade in one evening. It was a fun quick project.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-10140085144262061192014-02-18T15:20:00.000-08:002014-02-18T15:26:36.202-08:00Thrift Store Treasure<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My children are growing up too fast.Way too fast. My daughter is a college grad and lives way too far away. My son is in college and isn't home very often.I could write many blogs on my wonderful kids, but that is for another day.</span><span id="goog_1405930541" style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> With my daughter living in another state,her tiny bedroom is in need of a makeover. I would love for her to come home for a visit and have a comfy pretty room to relax in. I just happened to have inherited a full size mattress and box spring set which would be great if I had a pretty bed for it. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Enter the Thrift Store Treasure :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The headboard was very scratched up, but petite in size which was perfect for the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The footboard was splintered at the bottom and was a mess. Part of the side rail supports were broken off.</span><br />
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My husband gave me a lesson on using the drill press and I repaired the side rail supports. I spent a little time prepping. I washed w TSP, did a little bit of sanding, but I spent most of my prep time on the splintered footboard. Ok, ready to paint. I went with an antique white homemade chalk paint recipe and some distressing.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">I love how the pretty details become more obvious after painting and distressing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">The footboard is one of my favorite parts of the bed. Its small size does not eat up the limited room space, but it gives the bed a nice ending.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I gave the bed a good sanding between coats and used a tack cloth before the next coat of paint. I finished the bed with a coat of Fiddes and Sons light wax polish which I LOVE. It gives a beautiful sheen with no glossy shine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This was a pretty quick project. It was super fun to transform it from dark dreary and beat up to light and fresh in a short time. One of the best parts of this treasure was the price....$15!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My sister, Karen, was able to come to Florida last week for a short visit. We didn't have much time, but I really loved having her here. In our short time together,we survived a trip to the beach in 50 degree weather w 25mph winds to search for sea beans (not much luck), we shopped in our quaint local downtown, and we ate and sampled our way though a local farmers market. I hope that we will be able to get together again soon! Here is a picture of us in honor of our recent time together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Karen is very cool in that she is one of those rare people who always seemed to know what she wanted to be when she grew up. She knew it in high school, followed that path in college, and has had a long career in that same area. She and her husband live in the country with dogs, a pig ,and a donkey who thinks he's a dog. She makes amazing jellies. She gardens. She has spent endless hours helping her family and her church. We always have a good time when we are together and we always laugh a lot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There is an estate sale store in my town that I found last year. I love it there. Unfortunately it is more expensive than our thrift stores, but they always have great items and will occasionally have a good sale when inventory is high. I had been looking for a bigger piece of furniture for my entryway when I found the perfect piece.I stalked it for a few months. I went weekly to the estate store and made the same offer every week. After a few months of the item not selling I was finally able to make my purchase:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was really dinged up, but it was interesting w nice legs and lots of storage. There were pieces of trim around all of the drawers that had been broken off, but most the broken-off pieces were in a drawer available to be glued back on. My "before" pictures really don't show how much repair was needed. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-52055380886023110182014-01-10T18:33:00.000-08:002014-01-10T18:33:18.052-08:00Dreary Desk- AKA my first sale!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Last summer I was on my way home from an estate sale with my decorating guru/coworker friend, Laura. She was shopping to furnish a home she and her husband had purchased. I was on the lookout for something to paint. I am always looking for a piece of furniture that is inexpensive but interesting. I'm still working on my painting "how to's", so price is important. We stopped about a mile from home at a garage sale, and there she was...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This desk had been in a garage a long time! It was a real mess but I loved it. It was finished on all four sides w interesting braided trim, and I loved the hardware.I spent a good bit of time cleaning and sanding this piece.Eventually I decided to paint it the color of silly putty and stain the top. I ended up painting the top black instead because the top was too far gone to refinish. I used 2 coats of my homemade chalk paint on the body and the top w sanding after each coat.I distressed the desk a good bit to try and disguise how beat up it was. I lined the drawers w pretty paper, I waxed the entire desk w Fiddes and Sons wax, and I sprayed the hardware w spray paint to finish it up.Here she is after many many hours of work:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've had the desk in my garage for a few months trying to decide what to do with it.I decided it was time to pass it on and make room for another project. Plus it was in the way of my husband's roadbike. I listed it on craigslist. Ugh. Craigslist is a story for another day...Anyway, a wonderful woman came over and bought it today saying those beautiful words , "it's just what I've been looking for." Aaahhh. Plus she gave me money. Not a lot, but more than I paid for the pleasure of painting it.I liked her so much that I threw in the ugly glossy red chair from</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> my first post for free :) Yes,it was great to get some $$ for a piece of painted furniture.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-77265928423430134762014-01-09T17:23:00.000-08:002014-01-09T17:23:04.685-08:00Drop Leaf Table<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love my drop leaf table "after" product. I found this little table at a local thrift store. I had been looking for something small to paint. I had read about chalk paint and wanted to try a homemade chalk paint recipe. I actually found a local supplier of Annie Sloan products and had gone to check it out. My biggest beef was the price. I was just getting started painting furniture and I wanted to try different colors, styles, etc. I didn't want to be stuck w a quart of 1 color and feel like I had to paint everything that 1 color. I loved the idea of chalk paint and cutting back on prep work, i.e. no oil based primer for adhesion. Anyway...I found the somewhat beat up drop leaf table at a local thrift store. </span><br />
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One of my boards on Pinterest is called "furniture rehab" and I've pinned lots of pics of painted furniture. I love looking through them and reading the links about how they were painted and seeing the" befores" and "afters". Anyway, I decided to try a homemade chalk paint recipe with this little table. I stripped the top of the table and gave it a good sanding and found the top to be very pretty. I stained it w a light minwax stain for starters. I cleaned the body of the table with tsp and water. Once it was dry I used my homemade chalk paint. I painted a thin coat, let it dry and lightly sanded it because it was pretty gritty. I used a tack cloth to wipe it down and painted a 2nd coat. After it was dry I lightly sanded the gritty surface again, then distressed the edges. I again wiped it w a tack cloth. The paint was dull looking. Not very pretty at all. I applied Fiddes and Sons wax, buffed it up and voila! A very cute table.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The table is smooth and has a nice sheen to it. I love this soft easy-to-use wax. I tried Minwax paste wax on another project and I think there is no comparison. I love Fiddes and Sons, both the ease and the beautiful finished product.<br /><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383850197777361148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920111943535937989.post-90121294570234674362014-01-01T18:08:00.000-08:002014-01-01T18:08:22.432-08:00Mary's first furniture rehab attempt<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The idea of painting furniture started with my daughter introducing me to an interesting thing called "pinterest". You have probably heard of it. And you probably joined it years before I ever found it.I became caught up in the idea of painting and rescuing old furniture. This was my first attempt at "furniture rehab" as I began to call it. I found a chair at a local thrift store for $2.50. Here are the before and after pictures. I'm not at all happy with the result but I thought I would start out honest and show the good, the bad and the ugly(this is both bad and ugly) I now see the chair looked better before the ghastly gloss red spray paint! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">chair painted and lightly distressed, seat recovered</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The redeeming factor for this chair is the cute fabric I covered the seat with.And also the fact that I have learned a lot with each piece of furniture I have painted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Things I learned from the thrift store chair: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">prep is important</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">spray paint is not going to give me a quality finish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">gloss paint is bad bad bad</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">think the piece through before you start painting!</span></li>
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