This great wooden furniture painting tutorial from Martha Stewart Living made us think of Jessica, who recently wrote us about a ghastly (her word) table and chairs.
Jessica's probably not the only one sitting on a piece of furniture that's ratty but otherwise... perfect! We know: you've held onto it for its lovely shape or rare design or sentimental value. Well, now you can make the surface beautiful, too.
Martha doesn't say anything about what kind of paint to use, but we suggest going green while you're in the rescue/recycling mode to begin with. Here's a local green paint source options for furniture, and a couple of online sources:
• Kelly Moore Enviro-Cote Paint
• for Old Fashioned Milk Paint (also found at Stumasa)
• Devine Paint paint.
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Comments (7)
I painted my table and it was more of an endeavor than I expected.
I used spray paint... and since my chairs are Windsor back - I sure wasted a lot! It took TEN CANS to do my small table! (see my link) Coverage took FOREVER!
I wonder if a car painting service could have done a better job
So I need to repaint an old bookcase that has adjustable shelves. That means it has those peg holes all down the inside of the side walls. Anybody have good advice on how to paint one of these without filling all the little peg holes with paint? So far all I can think of is to roll MANY little pieces of paper (there are a lot of holes) and stuffing them into the holes before painting. I'm not looking forward to this!
aww, I loved the distressed primitive look dresser had before. Now it reminds me of all the horrible layouts in the BHG diy magazines where they paint everything the same color, from the bed to the side tables to the dresser.
I also loved the dresser
Try sticking Q-Tips in those little peg holes, quicker than rolling up paper...
Thanks, sfgirl! Q-tips are an excellent idea. Now the idea of repainting it doesn't seem like quite the drudgery it did before!
Just a word about the 'before' repainting stage. I acquired (read: picked from junk pile) a beautiful side table that was painted in a terrible, goopy, glossy black paint. I had reservations about trying to strip it myself, but I bought "Ready Strip" (as seen on TV - the one where it is so gentle, the woman sticks her bare hand it the bucket of it). Anyway, this stuff works fantastically -- I stripped the whole table in about 8 hours and there are no fumes. I thought it might be helpful to people reading this post.