Just Go With The Flow

When I started my latest project of painting the green guestroom a new lighter color I had no idea how much I would love the change. I had thought about painting it for awhile and kept putting it off. Then the MOOD STRUCK! So I went with it and am glad I did. Well, of course one project leads to another and another and so on. Today I want to show how I transformed this nightstand that was looking pretty pitiful and was not going to work in the new room.

This nightstand is the very first piece I painted with milk paint and I obviously had no clue what I was doing. You can read the original post and the mishaps here.

This piece is one of those that feels like it is made out of plastic. Even though this is by Thomasville it isn't solid wood and has that factory finish. Well, I should have either sanded the original finish or added the bonding agent or both before I ever tried the milk paint. As you can see it would not stick.

I love the look of the paint wearing off of old pieces of furniture, but this one just kept peeling so I decided this time to paint over it with chalk paint.

First I sanded the piece all over to knock off the paint that was coming off and then painted with two coats of French Linen ASCP and I used Louis Blue on the drawer centers. I needed a bit of color on this piece since the walls are very light now and I love this combination.

Well, after leaving this to dry I came back to guess what? Peeling again. The paint was just bubbling up and coming off so I sanded again all over and painted another coat on.

And it peeled in even more spots. So I said heck with it and just sanded and sanded and then waxed it.

And you know what? I like it. I love the way it looks like a really old piece with the paint worn off and you can see the layers of different colors.

Just a little bit of white paint was still hanging on here.

I also added a bit of gold guilding paste to the handles.

Look at that shine. I buffed and buffed.

If this looks like an old antique with wear from years of aging then I did my job.

Sometimes you just have to go with the flow because I was not starting over.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another fab favorite room.