HOW I PAINT BLACK FURNITURE using latex paint

I have painted many black pieces of furniture in my time and I can tell you the darker the paint color the longer the cure time.

Keeping a black piece of furniture dust free is as hard as getting a black paint job to look good. It takes a lot of time and never feels like it is done. 

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VINTAGE KEY HANGERS - combining wood with white

I find something very appealing about natural

worn wood working next to a fresh white

palette. The old pieces of wood I use for

projects like this are from vintage furniture

that have gone past the point of saving in

there original form. The wood used behind

this painted tree & house key hanger was

the side of a deep filing drawer in a turn of

the century desk almost a half inch thick.

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SEARS BONNET DRESSER - french provincial before and after

 

Do you have one of those popular

dressers made by Sears back in the

day? The brand was Bonnet and

they were so chic that all the girls and ladies had them in their rooms.

Here is how I gave mine a new look.

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BROKEN DRAWER SOLUTION - tsawwassen secretary desk

This is one of my favorite types of projects to work on. When someone asks me to save a piece of furniture that has almost no other chance for a new life. This one started out so bad she was going to the landfill.

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