French Style painted credenza |
Happy Weekend everyone!
It is a gorgeous autumn day here
in Umbria, cool in the morning and probably will get hot later.
We could call this Italian Style
if we wanted to because it sure is an old piece of country Italian furniture.
Here I took this old dark wood
credenza or hutch and gave it a freshening up. It is amazing to me how this helps to lighten up a room. Now the piece glows!
I sanded the piece a bit, to clean it up.
here is the before shot |
First I painted on some anti
termite solution, because as you can see there are little pinholes in the wood. It may not have been necessary because
I did not see wood dust. If you
see wood dust in little piles then it means your furniture is being eaten by
termites. This can spread all
through your house if you are unlucky.
The best idea is to then suffocate the piece of furniture in plastic for
two weeks to be extra safe. It is
really easy to paint on but stinky, so do it outside if possible.
Then I painted two base coats of
white.
painted with primer |
Then two coats of this gorgeous light
gray acrylic paint.
I painted the detailing an ice-gray-blue.
Then on the corners and edges of
the detailing and moldings, I irregularly painted and rubbed on pearl acrylic
paint.
painted furniture in pearl and ice blue |
Enjoy the fresh Autumn air
because here we are in fall.
Cup of tea…anyone? Makes me think I should host a little
tea party with my girls.
With affection,
Natalie
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OH yes! Much better!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful transformation. Love the color.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Hope to see you on my blog:)