DIY How To Paint Furniture

November 09, 2017

Hey ya'll! So, earlier nosotros left for Christmas break a few weeks ago, I started making approximately changes to our master copy bedroom.

This volition live the 11th ready of changes to this room, 10 of which were fully documented inwards this unexpectedly popular post.
Also known every bit 'that i fourth dimension I had Jesse photoshop my human face upward on a turtle's trunk together with hundreds of thousands of people saw it.'

I learned several useful lessons from that post. One, it's okay to percentage your failures. We're all human here. Two, I'm non the solely mortal who has to decorate a room 45 times earlier it looks fifty-fifty remotely okay. And three, I brand a masculine turtle.

You can't struggle the truth.

Anyways, I lead hold a few to a greater extent than things to complete upward earlier I percentage the sleeping accommodation inwards its entirety, thus today I sentiment I would percentage simply i piffling tidbit to boot off the novel year.

Do you lot retrieve Vern?

Probably not.

So, I'll re-introduce you lot today.

If you're confused, delight refer to this. However, you lot should allow yourself a prolonged Hammer Dance if you lot know who Vern is without looking.

Make certain to stretch beforehand.

Without farther ado, here's Vern today, looking rather dignified inwards his striped suit.

In other words, I painted a dresser white amongst a grayness stripe.

I kept the hardware the same, but spray painted them dorsum to gold.

Their memoir volition live out inwards the Spring.

"From Gold to Silver to Gold Again: Someone delight acquire inwards stop."

I likewise added some fun novel accessories.

I constitute an awesome mirror for $10 at the thrift store. It was originally a black gilded color, but I updated it yesteryear coating the entire frame with this metallic paint and thus I highlighted a few areas with this shade of Rub n Buff (affiliate links).

The piffling argent canister was approximately other thrift store discovery that I've had for awhile, formerly seen here every bit a Q-tip holder.

The furry blob is approximately stuff that constitute temporary security every bit Vern's scarf. Because it's most to live made into a pillow.

I likewise bought my commencement solid works life ever, which I seat inwards a pretty bowl. And although I watered him actually good earlier nosotros left for Christmas vacation, he did non fare well. I'm currently trying to resuscitate him yesteryear the kitchen sink, but the prognosis isn't good.

It in all probability doesn't assistance matters that Cheese keeps trying to sit down on it when she looks out the window.

I shouldn't live allowed to ain plants, but it was fun spell it lasted. Luckily, I had the foresight to lead hold these pictures earlier nosotros left. So, let's lead hold a infinitesimal to appreciate my commencement together with end plant. He was beautiful.

So, here's a quick tutorial if you're wanting to bring together the striped dresser club.

We lead hold monthly meetings at Red Lobster.

All the Cheddar Bay Biscuits you lot tin flaming eat.

Dress code is jorts together with turtlenecks. No exceptions.

I'm waiving the enrollment fee for a express fourth dimension only.

Ok, thus commencement step.

Paint your dresser whatsoever you lot desire the base of operations color to be, using the steps mentioned inwards end month's tutorial.

I painted mine during my New Girl marathon, using dollar store shower curtains every bit a dropcloth. It is what it is.

I permit my base of operations coat dry out overnight together with the side yesteryear side 24-hour interval I applied record to create my stripe.

Then, I painted over the record amongst the base of operations color. This is a piffling fox I late learned that prevents your pigment from haemorrhage underneath the tape. Basically, it makes your stripe perfect.

It's awesome.

Then, I painted the stripe amongst my accent color. I wishing I could say you lot the pigment colors, but I used samples together with threw away the empty containers earlier I remembered to write downward the names. So, we're going amongst white together with gray.

Then, earlier the pigment dries, tegument off the tape. You should lead hold a perfect stripe at this point. Then simply permit it all dry out together with seat the dresser dorsum together.

And that's all in that place is to it!

And that's all for today, ya'll!

I'll live dorsum before long to percentage the residue of the bedroom, my thrift store findings over vacation, together with celebrate my ii yr weblog anniversary. I lead hold no sentiment inwards what order, but hopefully all of those things volition occur at approximately point. I'm currently withal inwards the throes of ham euphoria. Plus, it's snowing hither (which never happens) together with Downton Abbey is back.

'Til side yesteryear side time!