After: Painting Furniture White
As you probably know, I’m never satisfied to have JUST ONE project going on at a time. I’m usually all over the map at my house, tackling 12 billion things at once. It seems things take forever to get done.
But the beauty of my “work on everything all at once” approach is that sometimes LOTS of projects get FINISHED all at once. That, I like.
BEFORE: WOOD TABLE
Just when I shocked a few of you by admitting that I painted my antique coffee table blue, this weekend I also finished painting my previously unpainted WOOD dining table WHITE. Yes, I painted another wood table.
{crickets}
DISCLAIMER: This table was just a simple not fancy pine Pottery Barn circa 1990 something, no antiques were maimed or devalued in this makeover.
It is now white. I like it that way. It is not perfectly distressed. It is not perfectly painted. It is not perfectly anything. Just white. But I’m happy to have crossed another project off my list, it is good enough for now. My dining room still has a long ways to go (walls are still swine, ugh), but a little bit of progress is better than nothing. I simple used a coat of Zinsser primer and a coat of white trim paint. DONE.
The truth about completing these painting projects is that I had a deadline this past weekend. I had an amazing opportunity come my way. But they needed some photos of my house right away. WHA?? When I have a worthy deadline, I find the time to finish all sorts of things.
Especially if my house looks like THIS when I’m called for photos:
Yeah. WELCOME to my world. They caught me in the middle of living my real life.
I had to run around like a crazy woman and put my house back in order so I could take a photo. Gah.
But, the effort was worth it to see my dining room again. Deadlines are helpful like that.
And now that I finished up a few things, I’m on a roll….I’ve got several new projects in the works and a few more that I’ve completed! More on those later.
Do you work better under a DEADLINE?
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Thank you for the best idea ever, we remodeled our kitchen (in white) and I haven’t been able to find a white table and chairs that I like without spending a $1000.00. I am going to look at our local classifieds for a dark table for a good price and paint them. I have painted end tables and kitchen chairs for my daughter for college that I got at our local goodwill but it never crossed my mind to look for a whole set and paint them.
By the way we have 3 major projects going on at the same time also. Building an addition to the garage, I am painting the railing and stairs on our deck, and still painting into the living room from the kitchen remodel (which still needs recessed lighting and two more cupboards on the other wall we’ve decided to put in after the remodel) and this week I’ve been weeding the flower bed that I haven’t maintained for 3 yrs…yes I think I have AADD sometimes, my husband gets mad at me sometimes that I start another project before finishing another but after 30 yrs he is use to it by now.
hi! yes, i do much better on a deadline- in one week i have painted TWO dressers, a nightstand, a window, a picnic basket, 2 signs {1 larger, 1 small} all because, i’m moving in to my first rented space to sell my painted objects. i love ur table, there is nothing like the satisfaction of getting something DONE! and white is timeless, classic, lovely!
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I always work better when I have a reason (ie: deadline) like a visitor coming or a party ahead – it gives me a completion date, goal, etc.
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I procrastinate until I have a deadline looming so I definitely work better with them.
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Yes, ma’am, I do better with deadlines. No doubt about it. And I think your dining room looks smashing!
I pretend I have company to have a deadline…yes of course. just found your blog and am loving it.
Yes! I absolutely work better with a deadline to get me motivated, such as a surprise birthday party for my mother-in-law in about 3 weeks… I am toying with the idea of painting my wooden kitchen table white as well but don’t know where to begin. Do I need a primer? What type of brush do I use to get the smoothest finish? What kind of sealer should I use? Any suggestions/guidance would be greatly appreciated!!! Thank you!
Melissa,
I have just recently found your blog and have begun to methodically work through all your entries. I was so pleasantly surprised to find out that you’re a chuch-planter’s wife! I am too! We planted Life Community Church in Wilmington, NC, almost 7 years ago. It has been the most amazing journey ever!
I also love home design and have worked for design firms in the past. Your blog is lovely in every way and very inspiring. We are moving into a new home next month and I need to paint some of my furniture to fall in love with it again…so I have really loved your entries on painted furniture. Thank you so much for the wonderful encouragement! May God richly bless you and your family!
I do my best, most frantic work before the holidays-I finally decide to implement all of my bright ideas, insanely and instantly, about 2 weeks before we have a house full of company. It’s always completely stressful and hectic, but this approach has yet to yield anything less than great results! Although, I think if you asked my husband’s opinion, he’d STRONGLY disagree.
Hi,
I just started to paint an end table instead of throwing it away. I’m so new at this and have such limited time I hope that I do this right.
I started using Folk Art acrylic paint. it looks okay so far, but I wonder what to use to seal it. These are very inexpensive tables made of particle wood. Any suggestions?
Your finished work looks wonderful!
Lori