Painting IKEA Furniture
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Recreated Designs
(IC: blogger)
We all seem to have at least one piece of IKEA furniture floating around our homes. While the furniture is great and affordable, it is exciting when you can take a piece of stock furniture and truly make it your own.
Several years ago I painted an IKEA dresser with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and this time I chose to paint an IKEA tv stand with Fusion Mineral Paint.
I used two coats of a custom mix of Fusion Mineral paint in Champlain and Casement. I wanted a white that was a little more of an off white and not so much a pure white so blended these two together. The paint covered well and two coats worked to get a nice full coverage over the dark wood.
After the paint was dry, it was still a little to "white" for what I wanted. The fix? I whipped out my handy-dandy jar of Fusion Antiquing Glaze, yet again, and went to town.
The glaze added a soft warm tone to the piece and added depth and contrast. Have I mentioned how much I love this stuff??
To finish the look off, I took the old hardware and gave them a quick coat of Silver Leaf Rub n' Buff. The Rub n' Buff softened down the dark black hardware so they blended in with the piece.
With just a few coats of paint, I was able to continue to use a piece of furniture that I already owned and give it a completely different look.
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Published February 12th, 2016 3:06 PM
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