Right now, Rhonda and Gary are out here visiting us and I thought this would be a great time to work on a couple pieces of furniture I have had sitting at the house waiting to be refinished! I have never refinished a piece of furniture and wanted to do it the first time with someone with experience. We took a look at the furniture and headed to Lowe's yesterday to pick up what we needed. Today we started. Uhh...yeah! It is a lot of work! Here are some pictures from Day One.
Day One:
Day 2-3
Well, I thought I had taken pictures of these three days but apparently I didnt because I cant find them! Anyways, it was just a lot of stripping away layers of paint and sanding. Would I ever do this again? Probably not!
I would start with a piece of furniture that already had the paint removed but I will never strip furninture of paint again (unless, it was a piece that I just couldnt imagine life without...but still, i dont know). It was very hard work and definitely took a lot of patience and motivation. I think having a time limit helped in some ways (it kept us motivated to keep going) but it also was an impending deadline and so we spent long days (especially the last day) to finish.
All in all, i think the pieces turned out beautiful. I love them! Love the color, love the way the hardware looks updated and beautiful with a simple layer of spray paint. I still need to clean the glass of the vanity some more and apply a wax to the wood to really give it a shine but right now, I just enjoy looking at it. Thank you Rhonda SOOO much for keeping me motivated and taking on this project. I had no idea what we were in for but you did and you still agreed to help me and taught me a lot along the way. Thank you!
