Furniture Painting

In the past few years, I have painted some pieces of furniture.  I am certainly no professional, but they have turned out pretty good and have held up well over the past 2 years.  In the past few weeks, I have painted two more pieces of furniture.  Both pieces were given to us, so it was a small investment to paint these pieces.

This is the paint I used.  It is sold at Lowes and you must use a Valspar paint color.  I really like this because it does not require sanding or priming.  On some prior pieces, if the wood had any dents, you can use wood filler and sand first.  However, if you are painting over a smooth surface, no sanding is required.

Before picture of a dresser

I taped up the handles and this picture clearly has some better lighting.

I apply 3 coats and wait 12-24 hours in between each coat.  

This is the final product.  As you can see, there is a flawed piece of the furniture on a drawer.  Since this was a free piece and will be used for my daughter in college, I didn't sweat the flaw.  We just needed a piece of furniture for her to use for a few years.  

Side by side comparison

The second piece of furniture I painted was this cabinet in our guest bedroom.  I had taped the hardware here before painting.

This is the final product and below is a side by side comparison. 

 Here are links to some other projects I have painted if you want to see a few more pictures:

 http://memphisbridges.blogspot.com/2018/07/girl-chat-painting-furniture-best-paint.html

http://memphisbridges.blogspot.com/2018/08/painting-furniture-part-2.html

http://memphisbridges.blogspot.com/2019/02/tuesday-talk-painting-projects.html

 Hope you have a great Wednesday!