Tuesday, May 20, 2014

bdhomesf | Painted Furniture Transformations #2 Saving something sentimental

This client is a good sport. "Well, it can't look much worse than it does now. So send over the painter and let's see what he thinks."

I knew she was attached to the piece, and also that it couldn't be replaced with something Walnut. That would be too much wood for the room, which is approximately 12'x15'. So we made an appointment with the painter.

She said he kind of laughed when he saw the piece. I think because at first glance, it is really funky. The yellow, sun damaged wood. The tarnished, jewel shaped hardware. The rattan panels on the base cabinet doors. But as we discussed the paint job, I could see he quickly found the love and assured us that it was an easy job—one day to prep and prime, a second to paint. Then come back the third day to reassemble it. We scheduled the painting and set off to determine a color.

I could write pages about the six trips to House of Color, repeatedly repainting the test boards, and more than a few eye-rolls from Gonzalo when I kept asking him to add more and more pigment to our little test can. Fortunately, I won't

Suffice it to say that getting the color right for ANY painted piece is likely a lot harder than the skill of actually painting it. Because the vision was for the piece to blend in to the wall and look somewhat built-in, we started with the wall color (BM Pale Oak #OC-20)...we ended with a #2 base, 2x the pigment formula of OC-20 and a little extra magic from Gonzalo to mix a custom color. Painter said use a Satin finish to minimize the flaws.



Wednesday, May 14, 2014

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