I had seen somewhere ages ago a way to refinish my bedroom furniture and save major $. I knew that I wanted to do that, I just had to wait for a good time. My plan was for this Fall because of the nice weather.
Well, looking at my birth schedule, I realized that I had better get started on the big project in the beginning of October because after that, I have a zillion births and I would hate to be in the middle of this and be too sleep deprived to finish it.
I had researched kind of what I was looking for and so the boys and I headed to Home Depot one Friday with $50 from my Home Update envelope (Dave Ramsey-- Financial Peace).
I bought all my supplies for $50. You cannot beat that for a new look with old furniture.
I knew I wanted white, but not white white. I picked an antique white and I love it because it is just a shade above white.
Home Depot only had Mocha glaze the day I was in there and that is the color I glazed my kitchen cabinets and table (I need help!). I was wanting black to be different and go for a look I don't have yet.
The lady helping me told me I could just use black paint in place of the glaze and use it the same way I would glaze. That was good to know because she sold me a little sample thing of black paint for $3.
I started with the Clorox wipes and wiped everything down really good.
Wow!! I thought I did a good job dusting the crevices on my furniture.
Turns out, I don't!
After that, I sanded it with 100 grit sandpaper. Just a fine sanding, nothing to much. This is actual wood, so it wasn't totally necessary like if it had been particleboard, but I knew it wouldn't hurt.
After I sanded, I wiped it down with a damp cloth to get all the dust off.
And then, I wiped it down with a dry cloth and let it sit for a bit.
From there, I applied a coat of white paint.
Once the first coat dried, I lightly sanded again, and wiped all the dust off.
I ended up having to do 3-4 coats to get it covered good.
Once all the coats were on
I applied the black paint with a foam brush. I had a damp rag with me. The trick with using paint is wiping it off quickly. So, I would get the paint in all the corners, holes, etc. really good and then wipe.
I LOVE to glaze because you get to make it your own and no two areas are the same.
When I glazed my nightstand the first time, I loved it! I had wanted to do more glaze, but as I worked, I wiped off more and just went with it.
When I finished the chest of drawers though, I had used more glaze and I found that I liked that look better, so I reglazed my nightstand.
It actually ended up with more glaze than the chest of drawers, but I don't mind. I think that is what gives it all character... not being uniform and all.
I went back and bought new handles and spent $30 on six. When I got them home, I really didn't like them. I realized I was going to be spending about $100+ on new hardware. Mom told me to just spray paint the ones I had.
GENIUS.
I went back to Home Depot and returned the handles and bought spray paint.
I LOVED the finished product. I decided since I only had 6 knobs and about a gazillion handles, that I would buy some unique knobs.
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| Color before |
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| Spray painted. They sort of glitter and I LOVE glitter. |
They are pretty girly, but my house needs the girly touch now and then.
I spent $25 on special knobs.
So, all in all, my project cost me about $80 total! For a brand new bedroom look!!
I still have the dresser to do. Life is crazy in my world. I was trying to get up around 5am and get a coat on it OR stay up late and get a coat on it. Funny, because when I started this project, mom knew how crazy my schedule was. She said, "When are you going to do this? In your sleep?" I would laugh every time I was working on it and think, "No! When I should be sleeping!" Oh well. It got it finished and I am pleased. I found this to be therapeutic. A time to pray and just be. It was actually nice.
I think I am going to take a mirror that was always in Pappy's house (I got it when he passed away because I had always loved it), spray paint it, distress it and replace the mirror the dresser has, with that one. I will have to post pictures of that when it is complete. That is my project for next week.
