I'm pretty sure you won't be wowed by this makeover. That statement just really made you want to read the rest of the post, didn't it? :) I say this because it's really hard to picture what the room will look like after it completely comes together but I'll give you the best idea that I can.
I found these end tables for $7.99 each at Savers in Danvers recently. I thought they would look pretty cool in a dark stain but honestly, I didn't have the energy to sand them... all I could think about was the process of sanding our kitchen table.
I decided to paint them Silver Sage (bottom right color), the color of our bedding from Restoration Hardware. It's a lot of silver sage in a small spot but I'm pretty sure once there is a better wall color, lamp and rug it'll be okay... at least I hope so. :)
Aren't you loving the teal rug in here? It's almost once a week that I think about the line from The Wedding Planner where Jennifer Lopez says that "teal is the color of gangrene". Hmmm my rug is the color of gangrene... thankfully it came with the house and I didn't spend my hard earned money on it...
This is a view from the door into the room. See that silver sage stripe on the wall behind the mirror? There was one final stripe of wallpaper still showing from where a chest had been before and after Drew knocked my can of paint all over the basement floor this morning I ran upstairs and painted over the last bit of wallpaper... I didn't realize that Silver Sage was so drastically different than RH's Eucalyptus... I'm going to have to rectify that ASAP.
Here it is up close! What wall color do you think would go with the bedding and the Silver Sage?
I love that I'm showing you our hideously painted trim in this room. The only person I have to blame for that is me... I went a little out of control while using the roller painting the floor. Opps.
Hi Jen, You may not remember me, but I met you once at Brian Carlson's birthday party that you hosted. I'm Jon Park's wife, Brooke. I found your blog on a friend's fb page and I have loved reading about your home projects! Jon and I just bought an old colonial we are fixing up and I feel like my life is now measured in paint cans. I just recently painted our coffee table and it has been pretty tacky/sticky since. I have some other furniture pieces that need painting but I don't want the same thing to happen. Do you have any recommendations?? Do I need to use a high gloss, flat, sand after? Have you had any problems with sticky paint surfaces? Thanks for the help! And thanks for all the fun posts that strangers like me can read and be inspired!
ReplyDeleteJen, Can you tell me your exact steps for painting those end tables? We actually own that exact furniture in an end table and a coffee table (all inherited from other family members). I've been trying to think of how to salvage it and that might work well for us. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteBROOKE:
ReplyDeleteOf course I remember you! :) I have had this problem too and wondered why it was happening... I just did some research and found that it could be a couple things:
1. The paint didn't try completely between coats.
2. It is in a fairly humid area (which I doubt in Beverly in February. :))
3. Did you use a water based primer and an oil based paint? That isn't great... if anything it should be an oil primer with water based paint.
Here is a good tip for fixing it. Coat the coffee table with oil based polyurthane. Not only will it harden up but it'll give it a nice shine. But here is a tip... don't set anything on it for 72 hours. I learned the hard way. :) Good luck!
ANNA:
ReplyDeleteI did these fairly quickly and could have sanded them but they weren't in bad shape so I didn't BUT when in doubt sand it... it'll help the primer adhere to the table.
Step 1: Sand lightly.
Step 2: Apply a primer to the surface (I like Kilz water or oil based. Usually only use oil based if it's a dark wood stain that I'm doing a light paint over.) Two coats of primer.
Step 3: Two coats via foam roller of Silver Sage and touch ups with a foam brush. I find that they create fewer paints streaks and drips.
Step 4: I didn't do this yet, but need to put oil based polyurthane over the top. Don't set anything on the table for 72 hours.
Have fun, Anna! Oh, and I should say to do the sanding outside (an electric detail sander is fabulous) and do the oil based Polyurthane in a well ventilated area.