HOw can I paint,stencil my piece to fit with my dark walnut furniture?

Tania
by Tania

Hi ,I would like ideas for my chest ,whether to paint same colour or colours, perhaps use stencil or anything else advised .The headboard is blush/dirty pink colour.And rest of furniture is dark walnut.

this to make over

this is the colour of my furniture

  15 answers
  • Redcatcec Redcatcec on Jan 28, 2022

    You could get a dark walnut gel stain for your project, here is a link of pros and cons about gel stains, also how ti prep the furniture and apply:


    https://pittsburghsprayequip.com/blogs/pittsburgh-spray-equipment-company/gel-stains-pros-cons-uses-apply-gel-stains



    • Tania Tania on Jan 28, 2022

      yes thought about that ,but I it's difficult to match the colour .So if there is some other way of finding a colour fade combination with both colours i have ,without a big contrast.Thank you

  • Mogie Mogie on Jan 28, 2022

    “Matching” furniture is a thing of the past. In decades gone by, the traditional thing to do was to purchase a furniture suite of matching pieces. For example, buying a bed, two matching side tables and a matching dresser – all in the same color and finish, all with the same look.

    While darker shades will give a room a cosy vibe, more saturated hues create energy and life in a space. Colors like cherry red, ochre yellow, lime green or rusty orange will bring out those warm hues in oak for a zesty palette that warms up a space.

    • Tania Tania on Jan 28, 2022

      Thank you, ,I just want to fit this piece in my new bedroom at all cost but don't want to make the room look stupid at the same time.I have the whole set actually but since the wardrobe didn't fit in the new room ,

      we had to have new furniture , now in walnut .



  • Kathy Gunter Law Kathy Gunter Law on Jan 28, 2022

    Remove the hardware, clean with TSP, and you can paint in a color that compliments the dark furniture. If you want to stain to match, "sand" with fine steel wool, wipe down with denatured alcohol, and then you can stain and finish. If it were me, I would go with navy.

    • Tania Tania on Jan 29, 2022

      Navy is awesome , but since I have quite a big headboard (bed) in blush pink am a bit confused about the other colour .Tiles are grey ,set is dark brown .Here there are already 3 colours ..Thanks for taking interest .😊

  • Annie Annie on Jan 28, 2022

    Painting it is fairly easy. You need to decide on color or pattern to use. I would give all surfaces a light sanding prior to applying paint

  • Janice Janice on Jan 28, 2022

    Hi Tania, Why not take a small drawer of your new walnut furniture to the home improvement store and check out some completely different color paint samples (or bring several paint samples home to ry). You might decide a completely different color to add some pizzazz to complement your new furniture rather than trying to match. I painted one piece of my furniture in my favorite color--fuchsia--and have had many compliments on it. Maybe navy as already suggested or a deep rich green?

    • Tania Tania on Jan 29, 2022

      Yes , I guess I have to wait for the new furniture to arrive before I prompt to act .Thank you

  • Marion Nesbitt Marion Nesbitt on Jan 28, 2022

    I like the natural wood look that it has now.

  • Cheryl A Cheryl A on Jan 29, 2022

    paint it a soft pink but I wouldn't do anything until I got the new furniture in the room

  • Tania Tania on Jan 29, 2022

    Thank you all for your kind thoughts and inspiring ideas .I guess I will have time to decide until I get the new furniture .I hope I will show you my outcome in the near future.Thanks once again

  • I love the look of mix and match furniture and the piece has good lines. I would keep it and add furniture transfer to it in colors that tie it into the rest of the room. No painting needed, just rub them on and seal over them if you like. I just used some you can peek here: https://www.exquisitelyunremarkable.com/2022/01/repurposed-cabinet-door.html

  • Tania Tania on Jan 30, 2022

    Very interesting indeed .Thank you Kim .


  • 17335038 17335038 on Jan 30, 2022

    An option to refinishing the entire dresser is to refinish only the fronts of the drawers a darker color. It would be a lot less work, but may be enough of a change to match well with the other furniture in the room.


    Here are a couple of examples:

  • Tania Tania on Jan 31, 2022

    Yes ,very nice as well and least chances of things turning out bad. Cause until you start you get a lot of them thoughts of the outcome turning out wrong . Thank you so much .

  • Agnes Chrzanowska Agnes Chrzanowska on Jan 31, 2022

    I would for sure start with chalk paint and then check all those inspirations here https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=stencil%20over%20furniture%20diy&rs=typed&term_meta[]=stencil%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=over%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=furniture%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=diy%7Ctyped

  • It’ll be quite difficult to match it to something else in the room, it’ll always be just slightly different enough so you might consider matching the headboard or paint it another shade that’s in the room then use the pink as an accent.

    • Tania Tania on Feb 02, 2022

      yes ,Now I started to have a clearer vision.Thanks

  • Johnavallance82 Johnavallance82 on Feb 02, 2022

    Mix colour with another until you achieve the desired colour mix.