THIS Trend!

by Marti Steele

I know, I know, there are two camps to paint or not to paint, lol. I paint wooden furniture all the time. Most furniture available is mass produced, even the older stuff, so really, I see nothing wrong with painting it. I am not a fan of painting mahogany. It require extra work, which isn't such a big problem, but I love the look of it. I scooped up this 30 year old, 8 chair dining set for $100, a great deal.

this trend, chalk paint, painted furniture

But it was plain and brown, just not that appealing. I decided that it needed to be updated with this farmhouse look. After sanding I used Minwax Gel Stain in Mahogany for the top. My own version of chalk paint was used on the body of the table and the chairs.

I used Minwax water based poly on everything, to protect the finish.

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Marti Steele on Feb 25, 2015
@Stephanie, thank you! @Mary, I will check and see what the glitch is...thanks for letting me know!

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Marti Steele on Feb 25, 2015
@Mary, I checked and it took me directly to my blog post about it? Not sure what is going on?

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- MaryStLouis on Feb 25, 2015
  I assumed that you would have more photos on your blog. You know what they say about assumptions. Sorry!
  
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