Today I have a bunch of painted furniture projects you guys have probably never seen. They're from the first couple of years of the blog and I didn't really do a full tutorial on my projects back then.
The old posts where the painted furniture projects were first featured are gone as of today. Bonus....I made a video of my latest finds from my favorite junk shop and the video is in this post!
The green chair with the floral seat is the very first project I posted for the blog back in May of 2011. I've come a long way since then. I don't have the before photo of this one, sorry.
Back at that time lime green was my favorite paint color and I painted a bunch of things with this color. The color is Honeydew and the fabric was a kitchen curtain in another life.
Most of these photos are really bad. I've learned a thing or two about photography since these pictures were taken. Still learning.
I bought the waterfall chest of drawers at the Nashville Flea Market and have never seen another one like this.
The blue knobs decided the paint color for me. The two tone finish is one of my favorite.
Very seldom do I paint new furniture but I won these chairs at a blogging conference. They came in a box....in pieces.....the JTS put them together for me.
The bold colors say it all. You can't have Summer chairs without lively colors.
This is the bottom part of a very rustic bookcase.
I painted it black and distressed the paint so the original white paint would shine through.
This old dropleaf table got the works.
I painted it with Caromal Colours Peppercorn (black) paint and then I used a Caromal Colours Chipping Creme to act as a paint resist (think Vaseline distressing) . Next I topped it all with my favorite lime green paint and distressed the paint so the black would shine through.
The green chest is the before picture. I painted the chest and stenciled it when we were living in Florida. So that would be about 2008.
This is the latest paint job and I did it for the Behr Paint Designer Series. You can find me here on Behr!
I found this piece at the Nashville Flea Market too.
The JTS removed the top drawer and made the space into a shelf. We use it as a tv stand and the shelf holds the cable box.
Painted furniture makes a great TV stand. Much better than those ugly black and glass things. The paint is Beyond Paint and the color is Latte.
Boy was that chest of drawers ugly....but it had good bones.
I painted it a pretty fuchsia (or pink) for a friend who was opening a children's clothing shop. I don't have the color name but I sure wish I did. The color is the perfect bold pink. The picture doesn't do the piece justice.
You can see these painted furniture pieces here for now. I deleted all the blah posts of these makeovers mainly because there was very little valuable info in them.
Here is the video showing what I bought on last week's trip to my favorite junk shop. I got some good stuff!! Check it out......
Junk Shop Finds
What do you think of my junk finds? What color should I paint the vintage dresser? Leave a note if you have time. Thanks for being here, Kathy
Lynette Foster
I'm having a terrible time with black paint I use Valspar and it it's not covering good it comes out streaky I can't get an even coat and it stays sticky help please help
Kathy Owen
Hi Lynette, That's really strange. Valspar is a good paint for sure. What sheen are you using? Semi-gloss, gloss, and hi-gloss are the hardest to work with as far as leaving brush strokes. Sometimes it does take 3 coats to cover well depending on the piece. There are other good latex brands out there and of course I love the Beyond Paint. The cost is more than most latex paints but it usually doesn't take as much Beyond Paint as latex paint to get good coverage. And I love the sheen of Beyond paint, somewhere between matte and satin. Here is the licorice color on Amazon. Beyond Paint, Licorice
Nancy Nesbitt
Valspar is a decent paint.
*Perhaps your can was not mixed correctly? I had a can custom-mixed once and they put too much tint in it. It never dried. What a mess.
*Did you have the paint "stirred" in the machine at the shop? Did you stir it again thoroughly with a stir stick bringing up any settlement from the bottom?
*Was you paint new and fresh? Had it ever been frozen?
*Also, what finish are you trying to cover? Perhaps it needs cleaned and sanded again, or chemically stripped, cleaned, and sanded.
*Are you using a clean, dry brush with the recommended type of bristles? I understand using what you have and being frugal but sometimes we have to purchase the correct brushes for the type of paint used.
Hope this helps. Put your best brush forward!
Olivia
Your Diva Glam dresser is awesome, Kathy, and the bird/birdcage stencil finishes it to perfection. Thanks for the tip on adding a second colour to embellish a stencil.
Pat Curtis
Hi Kathy, I love how you recycle furniture. You work is gorgeous.
I have a question: Several years ago I purchased a sofa table that is painted with an undercoat of red, then black over that. It is sealed with a wax coating. Can that piece be redone? If so, how? Thankyou!
Stephanie C
I always love what you do with a junky piece of furniture. Keep up the good work.