How To Pigment Furniture: Why It's Easier Than You Lot Think!

Last twelvemonth some friends gave us a ready of quondam dressers earlier they moved to the beach How To Paint Furniture: why it's easier than you lot think!

Last twelvemonth some friends gave us a ready of quondam dressers earlier they moved to the beach. The dressers were inwards decent shape, but definitely needed a picayune work.
I simply knew I was the daughter for the job.

And therefore practice all my friends, which is why I've never been able to green inwards our garage. Not once.
You win some, you lot lose some.

This dresser ended upwards existence 1 of my easiest makeovers always because I've learned a few novel tricks since my finally makeover.

Here's what the dresser looks similar today, later simply a picayune flake of work.

But let's dorsum upwards simply a picayune bit.
To where it all began.
Remember this summer when I carted domicile a trailer total of quondam furniture?

Well, I painted the tall dresser correct away as well as it ended up here. Then, I kinda forgot almost the other one, as well as didn't fifty-fifty recall it existed until I caught Jesse sawing pieces of woods on transcend of it inwards the spider garage. Remember this?

So, this past times weekend I finally had Jesse haul it upstairs therefore that I could pigment it. This affair was coated inwards years of dust as well as grime as well as spiders, therefore it took me a skillful 20 minutes simply to give it a sponge bath. So, this is what it looked similar later I cleaned it...still non good.

Somehow 1 of the handles disappeared inwards the frenzy. It's all the same a mystery.

After it was clean, I removed the drawers from the frame as well as removed all of the hardware off the fronts of the drawers.

Then, I used 3M Wood Filler to create total all of the holes as well as scratches therefore that the pigment would apply evenly.

I purpose the white paintable kind, which worked groovy amongst my lite colored paint.

I applied the woods filler wherever in that location were holes as well as scratches.
Probably each 1 administered past times Jesse's frivolous woods chopping. :)

After the woods filler was dry, I used some fine grit sand newspaper from 3M Advanced Abrasives to sand away the excess as well as acquire far fifty-fifty amongst the surface of the wood. This makes it await every bit skillful every bit novel 1 time it's painted.

Once I finished sanding downwards the woods filler, I lightly scuffed upwards the entire surface expanse amongst some super fine grit sandpaper as well as therefore wiped downwards all the surfaces again, making certain they were costless from dust.

And when I tell 'lightly scuff', I hateful I pass less than ii minutes on it.

Next, I primed the dresser. Primer makes the pigment adhere without having to sand downwards the woods similar a crazy person. Look for a primer that says 'adhesion' on it, similar the 1 I used here.

For both primer as well as paint, I used an angled paintbrush as well as a mini foam roller, brushing the pigment on amongst the paintbrush as well as smoothing it out amongst the roller if needed.

I applied simply 1 coat of primer. You tin apply to a greater extent than if the stain of your woods is haemorrhage through, but I rarely involve to.

Once the primer was dry, it was fourth dimension to paint. I've tried all sorts of paints, as well as painted over 10 pieces of furniture, but this fourth dimension I decided to attempt out something new.

I used a waterbased acrylic alkyd enamel (called the Pro Classic if you lot acquire it from Sherwin Williams). It's H2O based therefore it cleans upwards easily amongst water, but the enamel formula gives it a harder complete similar an fossil oil based paint. It applies therefore smoothly that I didn't involve to purpose my dear Floetrol, as well as barely fifty-fifty needed my foam roller. Plus, I used a semi-gloss complete as well as didn't fifty-fifty accept to purpose a pesky topcoat because it dried therefore difficult as well as durable. Seriously, it was crazy how groovy this pigment was.

And it was therefore thick that I barely fifty-fifty needed a 2nd coat.

The pigment color I chose was Sedate Gray. It has greenish undertones, as well as tin sometimes fifty-fifty await bluish inwards the correct light.

And the greyness pairs therefore good amongst my gilded as well as silvery accents, similar that mirror that I got at my finally thrift store shopping trip (details almost that opportunity here).

I'm pretty certain that picture of me as well as Jesse is sideways, but whatev, H5N1 for effort.

I'm non quite certain what I'm going to purpose this dresser for yet. I mightiness purpose it every bit a buffet inwards our dining room (if it fits later nosotros acquire a tabular array as well as chairs dorsum inwards there...one day). Or I mightiness purpose it underneath our TV inwards the living room.

I'm therefore sick of youknowwho.

For now, it's simply inwards the empty dining room, all dressed upwards amongst nowhere to go.

We've all been there, girl.

And since I lost that slice of hardware somewhere deep inwards the pits of the spider garage, I replaced ALL of the hardware amongst some fabulous antique restoration hardware from my favorite place. I used a picayune gold king of beasts pull on the see drawer...

and some sassy Victorian bail pulls on the residual of the drawers.

And it all simply came together!

And that, friends is the flush of the easiest dresser makeover I've done therefore far!

So, tell me, are in that location whatsoever tips you've learned along the means that I should know about? You guys consistently give me the most amazing advice when it comes to materials I should try.

Keep it comin', girlfriends.

'Til side past times side time!

I'll live on dorsum before long amongst my transcend 10 thrift store secrets!