Anchor And Amber

Virginia B
by Virginia B
2 Materials
$50
3 Hours
Easy

I love painting furniture.

And, when this coffee table was sitting on my work table at Junk Mama's General Store, a customer asked, "are you going to paint that?" To which I replied, "yes!" Then she asked, "why?" To which I replied, "because I'm a furniture painter." I could've gone on about how the piece was dated, the wood wasn't a pretty color, it was scratched up,...


Although dated, I wanted to highlight some of the vintage style detail.


Since I was going to use Dixie Belle Paint Company's Silk paint, I gave the table a light scuff sanding and cleaned the table with Dixie Belle's White Lightening cleaner.


I chose the color, Anchor.


I loved this little trim detail around the top of the coffee table and decided not to paint over it.


Once I had given the coffee table two coats of Silk, I used Gemstone Mousse to highlight the details on the table. The color, Amber, was a great compliment to the trim that I left unpainted.


The Gemstone Mousse is highly pigmented and needs very little for great coverage. I simply used my finger to apply it to all the raised detailed areas.



Anchor and Amber gave this dated coffee table a more modern, up to date, feel.


And, it's a lot less expensive to paint an old piece of furniture than to buy new!

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  • Ginger Ginger on Jun 28, 2023

    I am generally not a fan of painting vintage/antique pieces especially after some of the monstrosities I have seen but this is truly next level. Absolutely stunning!!!

    What a beautiful piece now!! Well done!

  • Diana Deiley Diana Deiley on Jun 28, 2023

    She is a beauty! Love her style.

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