Patina Inspiration| A Primitive Cupboard
by
Terry Foster
(IC: blogger)
I’ve said it a few times… the uglier the piece, the better! Really my blog title should read “Making the broken AND ugly beautiful” Lol!
The before and after of this piece is amazing and I’m so excited to share my latest project with you. This is going to be a post dripping with pictures! I could look at this pretty little cabinet all day!
The before and after of this piece is amazing and I’m so excited to share my latest project with you. This is going to be a post dripping with pictures! I could look at this pretty little cabinet all day!
This little cupboard was doomed for the dump. It’s owner thought it was ugly and was going to trash it. I thought that while it was ugly and poorly painted (note the dripping goopy red glaze on it) it did have some pretty features. It is low profile and the hardware was original and primitive.
Under all that red was gorgeous patina just waiting to be found!!!!
Six long hours of scraping just to get the red off. My arms were aching like they were going to fall off by the time I finished. Underneath all that red nastiness were some lovely layers of sage green, mustard yellow and white paint. I decided to stop the stripping process at this point so I could use these layers left as primitive patina.
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Published November 22nd, 2015 12:00 PM
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