plain jane: painting furniture

Monday, September 22, 2014

in the mood to bake + more painting

Hello!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend!!

I have to admit I didn't do much baking over the summer and with Fall here I find myself in the mood to do some baking! As usual I turned to Pinterest for ideas and recipes....here are a few that caught my eye!

Banana cake with cream cheese frosting!!

It's been forever since I've baked some oatmeal cookies.

I LOVE lemon anything!

Chocolate is my family's favourite dessert! :)

Over the weekend my hubby tacked another piece of furniture and did a fantastic job...again! :) He did the same (and used the same brand paint) with this piece as the boys little cabinet.

Again sorry for the crummy photos! :(

We also bought new hardware and it made all the difference! I wasn't planning on buying new hardware but when we were in Bauhaus buying the paint I spotted these and so glad I did! :)

Pop on over to the JD blog and check out Mariana's FABULOUS card!

Have a great day!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

painting furniture

Hello!

Hope all is well!

First up I want to apologize for the quality of these photos but I used my phone and the lighting in my boys room is not so good. My two boys share a room (it's a great size) but the one down fall is their windows are pretty small and that part of the house doesn't get much natural sun light.

Any how...I bought this when my oldest was a baby and kept it next to his crib (for diapers, wipes, onsies...), now it's filled with comics, books, toys. I've been wanting to paint it for a while and when my husband offered I ran to Bauhaus to get paint! :) I'm not a professional furniture painter but I have painted enough pieces to have learned what works best for me so I thought I'd share.

This little dresser isn't solid wood so what my husband did was give it a light sanding (took doors and hardware off). We bought this pain (below) that has a primer in it and I believe it's water based. Adrian used a roller (so important)...if you want a smooth finish use a roller (we had painted some furniture in our bathroom with a paint brush and there's no comparison...you can see marks with the paint brush).

We bought Swingcolor in satin mat 2 in 1 and so far we're really happy with the results! Adrian did 3 coats and it's really important to let the paint dry properly in between coats.