Painting Wooden Furniture

Sunday, September 9, 2018

It's been 10 years since I last painted my entire bedroom set and updated its 90s-ness to something a little more neutral. That set was sold when we moved from PA to CA, and so here I am, furnishing a 2500 square foot house with a grad student furniture budget. We Craigslisted these two Queen Anne style end tables from separate sellers, and now I've painted them both Benjamin Moore Amarillo to match the Tardis Triangle Quilt. And they're very very cute.

One thing I wish I did, was involve the paint roller from the very beginning of the process, or to maybe purchase a reasonable paint sprayer. There is more old furniture to paint (and plenty of walls!), so it might come in handy more generally. Figuring out where we stored the power sander probably would've been helpful, too.

This round, instead of wood-filling and replacing the hardware, I chose to primer spray + paint spray the hardware a flat black enamel. They now look a little wrought iron-y, but it's pretty much the only color that would work with the sunny shade of yellow. Also, I skipped the layer of Polycrilic, and am instead having the paint cure for 30 days (it's in the guest room, this will work fine). The paint is in a pearl finish, so it should be pretty scrubbable and durable.