Wood working: white

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Monday, February 24, 2014

This chandelier was a donation from someone hoping I could do some magic with it.

It is in quite bad repair, bent metal, frayed wires, and rusty bits yet has a certain appeal.

Shortly after it came home and I sprayed it down with the garden hose I knew I wanted to

use it in styling a photo.

This whole console was painted in layers. My focus through winter has been to play

with my paint finishes more and Im having fun doing it, sort of. Finding the right balance

of color to enhance shape and technics to achieve age arent always easy.

Besides I just dont have the space to do

all the demo and rebuilt I like to in my little back room.

I sprayed the entire table in FRENCH LINEN. Its a strong grey with just a hint of green.

I then brush painted the base and column legs in OLD WHITE

before distressed it back to the FRENCH LINEN and the darker wood underneath.

The top was the fun part and it is actually darker in person than these photos!

I worked with streaking white and grey and dark wax

over and over until I got a natural sun weathered warn board look.

I do have a popular tutorial on achieving a similar weathered white wash finish here.

Its an older post using primer but there are some valuable tips that can be applied to

similar applications.

Here is the before and after photos ...

I finished painting and upholstering that green vintage desk chair

I showed you last week. It was done for a special little girls birthday.

I have a lot of ppl ask if upholstery is easy,

my answer is usually always the same.

It is the tear down that is horrible.

You are dealing with rusty staples and tacks, and this chair had been

re-upholstered before, making it almost impossible to get all the old staples out.

I actually used an angle grinder to deal with most of them. (dont do this at home)

Sometimes you also find animal hair, grass, cotton, and burlap,

all of which are dusty and dirty. So this is not my favorite thing to do.

Once I get past all that and start to rebuild, repaint, and reupholster

I find it fun!