A Super Easy Bench Update

I was very happy when I found these very old farmhouse style wooden benches in France in 2013. They were tucked against the wall and under some other things, but when I saw the bases of them I was intrigued and had to see more. I loved the shape of them and it didn't bother me that they were a bit banged up and had some paint spots on them. I knew I could use them in my home.

Last year, before we got the new king size bed, one of the benches sat at the end of our bed.

Then I wasn't using it in the master anymore so I placed it at the dining room table in place of the upholstered bench that moved to a guest room. There goes that domino thing again.

Well, on a whim last week I decided to add some color just to the seat.

You can see what poor condition the seat was in.

I purchased one of Miss Mustard Seed's new colors in her milk paint line, bergere. I mixed it up and started painting it on.

This is what it looked like after the first coat.

After two quick coats it started doing it's thing.

It chipped and chipped some more. It was also a bit bluer than I wanted.

I mixed some Shutter Gray milk paint I had on hand with the bonding agent and brushed it over the Bergere and it peeled even more, but the blue did get toned down a bit.

I kind of like the way the layers turned out. It looks like a piece where many old layers of paint actually wore off over time and that is how it should look on a bench this old.

After sanding off all the loose paint I wiped it down with the hemp oil.

I removed the grain sack and wooden base from under the urn and thought it would just look cleaner and simpler on the table by itself.

Now the blue bench picks up the blue in the hutch.

This was a super easy update to this bench since this paint dries so quickly. I worked on this in the morning in my pj's and was finished with it way before lunch.

You can check out how I painted other pieces in this room at these links:
Table base
buffet top
hutch
buffet

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