I spend a lot of time getting inspiration from Pinterest. At this point, I’ve only painted 9 pieces of furniture. There is so, so much more that I want to do! This table is actually the first thing I started painting. I kept seeing a picture on Pinterest of a pedestal table with blue…
In September I made a final push to get all the furniture in our garage painted before cold weather came. The first of these was an oak hutch which I painted Duck Egg blue, specifically Quietude from Sherwin Williams. I painted the inside of the hutch Creamy by Sherwin Williams. I like the contrast this…
This bedroom set was so much fun to paint. I had to do a little repair work from the beginning. Gluing and filling where it was needed, but it didn’t take too much to get her ready to paint. I again painted with SW Proclassic paint in Creamy, distressed with a rotary sander, and…
This was my first attempt at rescuing an old(er) piece of furniture. This was an Ethan Allen Hutch which a fellow Oregonian didn’t need anymore. I bought her from Craigslist. I knew I wanted to keep the tabletop wood toned, so the first thing I did was sand, sand, sand. Due to the small surface area,…
I had so much fun putting together this inspiration board. It was done for a dear friend. She already had a great start for a mid-century meets rustic living room with the couch, rug, deer head, framed art in the lower left, and chairs in the lower right. I scoured the online sites of her…
I picked up this antique Tiger Oak serpentine dresser to paint from Restore, the Habitat for Humanity store. I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to do with this, so I first put on a coat of Pure White by Sherwin Williams. It didn’t look good. There were too many knicks and bruises on this…
