Furniture Refinishing

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I'm ready to do another chalk painting project if you'd like it done that way.

That would be perfect as I used chalk paint on the table. I made my own this time and while it's okay I would like it to be a little smoother so I'm going to run into Home Depot over the weekend. I have an unfinished Amish built corner cabinet that I want to do something with too but I've got to get off this grey kick first. I'm really lovin' all the shades of grey out there to the point of not considering other colors.

Grey is in right now. And it's a neutral color so I say go with it. I've chalk painted two pieces and the finish felt rough until I applied a good amount of Minwax to them. That smoothed them right out and then I added some dark wax to the spots that I wanted to antique. I suppose if you want to cheat a bit, they make these spray on lacquers (Deft is the brand that I've used) that come in Satin and I think matte. If you wanted to make sure everything stayed put and give it a protective, smooth coating, I'd spray it with some matte lacquer. JMO; I'd have to see it (pics please).

It was almost impossible to find anything but grey remodeling the kitchen. Grey, black and white...I couldn't picture a white kitchen in our house (it just wouldn't go) and besides, buying all new cabinets, I wanted to see the wood. I always thought you paint your cabinets white when they look like shit (or you get sick of them). The only nod I have to the current trend is some reclaimed, weathered grey/brown furniture in my family room. It looks good but it's cheap stuff.

You gave me another idea!!! I bought (and that's my problem...buying stuff too quickly) an entry way table that I haven't really liked since I got it home (but it was a final sale. Instead of working on the chest in my laundry room, I'm going to do something to that piece of...wood. I've been secretly looking to replace it (even though I just bought it a couple months ago) but I think I could make it work with a color change (there's nothing wrong with the style). You can see the colors in our living room from the table pic. For some reason, I bought the entry way table in a medium to light brown...it looks like it would make a good garden work table or something at this point. It's too casual and the color is all wrong. I can fix that... I can't wait to get started, lol.