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Chalk Paint French China Hutch
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Lorraine F
(IC: blogger)
I love to refinish furniture! I have a bunch in the garage and I have to STOP myself from getting more! I hate to see a sad piece of furniture that could have new life with just a little work.
I need a 12 step program......
I need a 12 step program......
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Published August 3rd, 2012 9:40 AM
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Lorraine F on Jan 09, 2014Thanks to all! I love giving new life to pieces that have been discarded by others! I think this has enabled many younger folks (and some older ones too!) to be able to see an old, perhaps unattractive or damaged piece in a new light so that it once more becomes valuable and useful once more! Sometimes people that toss every piece of dark, wood furnitureā¦(even pieces that were lovingly cared for by their family before them)ā¦will fall in love with that same piece once it has been transformed with a coat of paint. To some who might worry, I rarely paint a piece of valuable, antique furniture. Most of what I can afford to buy is reproduction or lesser quality furniture from the turn of the century. For example, I have an antique, drop leaf desk upstairs that I found at a thrift shop but it is just gorgeous with inlaid wood and fine featuresā¦.I have left that alone. I believe a house should have some contrast in itā¦.not everything painted, not everything left in it's original state. In the end, it requires a practiced eye to tell whether paint will improve a piece or not. And PSā¦I DO have a shop in an antique mall here in Virginia Beachā¦because I didn't have any more room for my addiction!!
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