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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Anchor And Amber

 I love painting furniture.

And, when this coffee table was sitting on my work table at Junk Mama's General Store, a customer asked, "are you going to paint that?" To which I replied, "yes!" Then she asked, "why?" To which I replied, "because I'm a furniture painter." I could've gone on about how the piece was dated, the wood wasn't a pretty color, it was scratched up,...


Although dated, I wanted to highlight some of the vintage style detail.


Since I was going to use Dixie Belle Paint Company's Silk paint, I gave the table a light scuff sanding and cleaned the table with Dixie Belle's White Lightening cleaner. 

I chose the color, Anchor.


 I loved this little trim detail around the top of the coffee table and decided not to paint over it.

Once I had given the coffee table two coats of Silk, I used Gemstone Mousse to highlight the details on the table. The color, Amber, was a great compliment to the trim that I left unpainted.


The Gemstone Mousse is highly pigmented and needs very little for great coverage. I simply used my finger to apply it to all the raised detailed areas.






 Anchor and Amber gave this dated coffee table a more modern, up to date, feel.

And, it's a lot less expensive to paint an old piece of furniture than to buy new!



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7 comments:

  1. I get that question often too and I just say that I'm going to restore it. I guess it's a little hard to say when you're painting the piece on site. LOL You did a beautiful job "restoring" this harp table, Virgina. Love the colors!

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  2. Love this transformation! Also love that gemstone mousse - pretty cool! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. Pinned! xo Kathleen

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  3. What an absolutely STUNNING piece. Featuring when my link party opens tonight. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. Virginia, you did an amazing job with this table - it's gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing it at Farmhouse Friday - we're featuring you at tomorrow's party!

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  5. Stunning table! Would love it if you added it to my Friday With Friends link party :)

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  6. Congrats, you are being featured at the the Friday with Friends link party! Thank you for adding your posts, it was a pleasure to feature such a well done piece of furniture :)
    RR

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  7. You did a wonderful job on this. Such a wonderful transformation. Thanks for sharing on Friday with Friends!

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