The eye loves to be worked up and that's one of the main points to consider while dressing up a room. Don't ever let yourself get bored while looking at a room. This doesn't mean you go overboard with color or molding or crowd up the place. One of the best ways to spruce up a room is to create a focal point in the room. And we think painted furniture is one of the most fun way to do so!
Painting an old piece of furniture is a fun task to take one. It gets to be this interesting piece in your room about which everyone will love to hear about.
Here are a few of the supplies you'll need before starting:
- Oil Soap
- Medium Grit Sand Paper
- Fine Grit Sand Paper
- Primer
- Paint
- Step 1: Prepare your wood
Your furniture piece needs to clean before you begin. So using an oil soap clean away any dust or dirt on your wood.
- Step 2: Sand away
Using the medium grit sand paper strip away the glossy finish that's already present on the wood. No need to sand down upto to bare wood though. Just enough to give the paint a surface to grab onto is enough.
- Step 3: Prime
Slap on a coat of primer helping to paint to adhere better and faster.
- Step 4: Re-sand
The fine grit sand paper is to be used before every coast of paint. Make sure to remove the sand particles with a tack cloth before you paint
- Step 5: Paint
Now that your wood is dust-free, sand free amd primed, you're ready to roll on your coats of paint. You can give your furniture a base coat and then create some prettyill designs on top in colorful shades.
- Step 6: Protect
You leave your paint to dry out completely for 30 days or you can apply a coat of wax to protect it.
Now that you've got the basic idea in place. Here are a few images to help you get started.
There are some great ideas out there! If time isn't on your side but you still want to create a colorful focal point here are some great pieces we have at Sanctum!
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