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Do you start a new project with a game plan in mind?
Can you see the project taking shape in your mind and what the final product will look like?
Before I start a furniture makeover I have a plan in my head.
I can see the finished makeover in my mind’s eye and I know what steps to take to achieve the look I want.
But sometimes the way I see a project in my mind is not the way it’s turning out on the paint tarp.
I hate when that happens…but what do you do?
You change plans.
I bought this piece from My Favorite Junk Shop.
I think you may have heard me mention it a time or two.
I don’t remember what I paid for this chest.
It was probably around $30.
Someone used duct tape or another sticky tape on the top of the chest at one time or another.
The sticky residue is really hard to get off.
You don’t want to use mineral spirits, WD-40, or anything oil based because it’s hard to remove the oil from the wood and it will leach through your paint.
Not Good!
I tried scraping it off…..sanding it off…..wiping it off with Simple Green…
There was still a little sticky stuff left….it’s still there.
There is only so much time you can spend working on a project.
I’m painting this piece for re-sell and I try to put a realistic price on the pieces I sell.
Spending hours and hours on prep doesn’t make sense..
I think I removed enough that it shouldn’t be a problem.
right paint color
The chest was screaming nautical or beachy at me.
Can ya’ll see that for this piece?
I pulled out the sample of Valspar that I used for my American Flag Sign and also on the Nautical Pub Table.
It’s really a pretty color….Pacific Pleasure….nice name too.
wrong plan
So I painted the chest and I had a plan to paint the cut-out drawer pull holes in white.
I’m not feeling it.
What about you guys?
I have a new plan 
Leave a comment…please…and come back for the project reveal!
Kathy
Tami Toppen says
I would paint the drawers white and then paint a playful sail boat or tug boat on waves in the drawers. You would do some sanding on the rest of the piece. some anchor handles would be nice.
L. Thompson says
If I were selling, I would certainly use paint colors that I thought would sell. Too much work otherwise. Anxious to see PLAN B.
chris aka monkey says
i assume this would be marketed toward young boys and what boy doesn’t love aliens lmao xx
chris aka monkey says
ok i am on my 1st cup of coffee (i always read your blog 1st) and i can be a little grumpy but i like it it is bright and if you think that won’t be good for resale maybe just age or tone it down some…maybe your being hard on yourself after all the dazzle of haven? xx
Kathy Owen says
ha…I certainly was dazzled! I love the blue but the contrast of the white and the shape of the cut-outs was just too much. I mean…the photo with one drawer in…made the chest look like an alien, lol.
shelley says
it is a pretty color…bright…so I guess it depends on just what you plan on doing with the final product…I like a darker blue…I would age it myself…and use an off white in the cut outs…or even a dark red…along with a thin red stripe in the lines on the drawer fronts…or a deeper blue…
and hey it’s only paint…can be repainted…
Linda says
How about using white paint over elmer’s glue and letting some of it crackle, revealing that wonderful blue color?
Do you ever have any problem finding a buyer? Or are you just too good to miss! I admire your pieces and your energy and am learning by doing in my garage. So thanks for all you do!
Kathy Owen says
That’s a great idea Linda but I’ve already done something else to it. Yes I do have problems finding buyers. I have a booth in a shop and sometimes a piece sells right away and sometimes it’s months. The neutral colors, black, white, sell pretty fast but the others are a little slower. I could paint all black and white but you know how I love bright colors!
Gloria says
How about advertising on Craigslist?