24 October 2011

how not to paint furniture

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After purchasing sideboard on Ebay and then finding out it's much darker then expected, basically dark orange instead of light oak, had also been damaged and scratched I decided to paint it grey. Me being impatient and indecisive ( after  looking at Farrow & Ball paint chart for 2 hours) I decided to mix paint myself. So base - white ( Farrow& Ball) and ivory ( Crown) + numerous amount of paint samples from F&B and Fired Earth. I simply mixed together all I had, it wasn't that simple:) and tadaa...not bad at all:) As the cabinet was already bashed quite a bit on edges I created sort of shabby chic look by sanding corners and left cracks and holes as there were. So after being conned and buying solid oak sideboard and ending up with orange soft wood cabinet  I'm very pleased with the result. What do you think? I also painted these silver candlesticks - matt black, much nicer. 
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14 comments:

  1. smudgelet24 October 2011 at 15:39

    what paint did you use to paint the metal candle sticks? i LOVE this idea, but can imagine if i did it, the paint would just chip off.

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  2. Erica M.24 October 2011 at 16:09

    It came out looking great! I love that you painted the candle sticks as well.

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  3. Renohacks24 October 2011 at 16:55

    Wow! It came out amazing amazing!!! Love it!

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  4. Dawn M24 October 2011 at 18:08

    Completely hilarious, I would never be as brave as you or LUCKY, what a wonderful and stunning result. WELL DONE brave V, also amazed at what you put your mind to and do all in a weekend x

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  5. Leith24 October 2011 at 19:16

    Great inspiration for my sideboard, which is an orangey pine. I've been back and forth on a paint color for ages.

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  6. v24 October 2011 at 20:22

    Yes Dawn, when I decide to do something I have to do it now and then:) the mixing wasn't that easy and I probably spent 3 times more time on mixing then just buying a paint and do it...but I wasn't really sure what shade to chose so I tried every coat slightly different shade, time consuming maybe but more exciting:)

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  7. Gaby [The Vault Files]25 October 2011 at 01:08

    Love it! And I like how you left the interior untouched, the contrast is pretty awesome ;)

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  8. meemers25 October 2011 at 06:23

    Really Love the color!!!

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  9. v25 October 2011 at 14:19

    thank you!

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  10. Pet25 October 2011 at 21:36

    I think it looks great. This grey trend I start to like it a lot too!

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  11. Kitchen fitter in Faversham26 October 2011 at 10:31

    I love grey, and most of my walls and furniture at home are painted in this color, your piece looks so much better, I know how hard work is painting furniture...by the way nie house and taste I saw your hour over at 91 magazine, are you going tomorrow to the launch party? I will be there so we can say hello.

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  12. v26 October 2011 at 20:51

    Yes actually I'm ...so see you tomorrow!

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  13. Anonymous28 October 2011 at 13:03

    Please keep making your beautifull artworks because I love them! Already have one of them in mind for my new home... But very sad to see this (ugly) copy from it: http://fewthingsfrommylife.blogspot.com/ You should email her, it's so not done!

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  14. Anonymous28 October 2011 at 13:04

    oh whoops, I pasted the wrong link, I mean this one: http://enbewonder.nl/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=170 SORRY!

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