Sunday, January 6, 2013

REALLYYYYYY.... WHO DOES THIS....


Paints a piece of furniture with 5 thousand coats of paint?!?!?! ANDDDD paints the hardware too
OK....OK so its only like 5 or 6 coats and way way more work that initially thought
BUTTTT
I will say this piece is going to be
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS
when its done
WHICH WILL TAKE A WHILE
ALONG WITH A COUPLE MORE CANS OF
PAINT STRIPPER AND TONS OF HARD WORK AND
EVEN MORE PATIENCE.....
But fortunate when I get a piece I get so darn excited to see the
finished piece I work my tail off to get it done....
I HAVE A FEELING THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PIECES!!!!
(And not just because I am working my tail off to remove all prior paint....well that may have just a lil to do with it )

Soooo in my head my plan was to paint this piece black but the I got a wild hair to take a look online for some ideas....

Here is what I am working with

 HERE ARE SOME "IDEAS" I FOUND....














PROGRESS
of said piece......


I was able to salvage the hardware
by boiling the hardware all afternoon and using a steel brush to clean it
Unfortunately there was a piece of hardware missing :(...
No fear I will be using most on this piece to keep it as close to original as possible!!!



Sooo I sprayed the stripper on
anddd







I will need to do this several more times (Boooo) 
BUTTTT trust in me once its done......
I can already tell it will be one of my favorite pieces!!!




Be sure to check it out
when I actually get it completed

HERE IS THE BEFORE



ANOTHER DILEMMA.....
AS I AM REMOVING THE OLD PAINT THE COLOR OF THE WOOD IS 
BEAUTIFUL
UGGGGGGG.....WHAT TO DO?!?!?