I’m usually not one to post a painting project until I can share both the before and after photos.
I am breaking that practice today by showing you a couple ‘in process’ photos of a current project for today’s Friday field trip.
For a friend, I am painting the only piece of furniture she kept from her childhood home after her mom passed away.
The old buffet gave me some issues right from the start…take my advice, and don’t ever paint a piece that sustained constant smoke for 60+ years! Anyway, I am getting down to the home stretch with this project . Here is a little peek. The photo below is the old and new hardware. I special ordered new pulls. Aren’t they nice? And, I think the knobs I bought look great as well!
The base color of the piece is Annie Sloan Old Ochre. After I had already painted a first coat on the entire piece, I decided I needed to strip and sand down the top of the piece. Here is a peek of it with the new finish. It felt great to get rid of that old orangey yellow finish!
I will share all the ‘after’ photos soon – once I have the piece completely finished!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope I have inspired you to look at an old piece of furniture in a new way!
Have a great weekend and remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie