Post by craftedbys on Oct 12, 2021 15:42:36 GMT
A few years ago I wrote a post about how so many people were painting good wood furniture and after quite a bit of discussion, the Peas actually changed my mind (somewhat).
I still think that some antique and vintage furniture with beautiful wood grain should not be painted. I also still hate someone slapping a coat of grey chalk paint on a pair of $10 nightstands and then expecting people to pay $300 for them.
However, the Peas did convince me that not all painted furniture is evil, and in fact, in some cases looks better than the original wood color.
With that said, I am ready to come to the dark side and paint a piece of wood furniture.
I have a hutch with glass front doors on top that was in my parents kitchen from 1971ish (when they bought the kitchen set) until we moved in in 2019. By in my parents kitchen, I mean literally in the same exact spot for 48 years.
When we moved into the house in 2019 I moved the hutch to my new sewing /craft room to hold fabric and quilts with the intention of painting it sometime.
My original thought was to paint it a bright, crisp white that would pop against the lovely pale, pale lavender walls and match the bright white trim in the room.
Then I went down a Pintrest rabbit hole and saw a room that had several vintage cabinets and curios and hutches that were each painted a different pale pastel color. Looked really cool.
Then this past spring when my Dad moved back in to live with us (Yeah!) my sewing /craft room was dismantled and turned back into a downstairs master.
Since there was not another empty room, I ended up borrowing real estate from other rooms, so my sewing machines, quilting rack, fabrics, tools and other craft supplies are scattered over most of the rest of the house.
So my wood hutch that had been holding/displaying fabrics and ribbons etc got moved back to the kitchen. I knew it had to go back there because for one thing, there was no other spot for it in the house.
Secondly, even if I had made room for it up in one of the kids' bedrooms, DH would never have agreed to move it upstairs because, in his words, "it weighs a fuck-ton".
Now, I don't know exactly what a fuck ton equates to numerically, but apparently it is too much to carry up a flight of stairs, even in two pieces.
So since it is back in the kitchen it is going to be used to store kitchen stuff.
As y'all know, we are redoing our kitchen and since the hutch now lives in the kitchen it needs to be part of the redo.
My "vision" for the kitchen changed a couple of times over the summer, but we are nearing the finish line and one of my last things I want/need done is to paint this hutch.
I am still trying to find the right color. While I do like the idea of a bright white, there is nothing else in the kitchen that is white. But the paint card does pop against the wall color.
I also went and looked at the million (or maybe it just seems like it is that many) white paint cards. Holy hell.
Now I don't know if I want a creamy white, an almost silvery white, or an extremely pale pink that almost looks white.
Unfortunately, I don't have weeks to go through several samples of paint colors like I did for my walls and need to make a decision so I can get it painted before the floor is installed.
My question is any suggestions for narrowing down my choices? Do I need to coordinate it more with the kitchen or for it to eventually end back up in a sewing room without needing to go through the trouble of repainting?
Also, can I just use regular latex paint to paint it? I don't want to use chalk paint because I don't want to have to worry with wax or upkeep or whatever. If I use regular latex paint does it need a top coat of polyurethane to protect the finish?
If you have read this entire novel, Thank you! You deserve a medal for reading my rambling. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I still think that some antique and vintage furniture with beautiful wood grain should not be painted. I also still hate someone slapping a coat of grey chalk paint on a pair of $10 nightstands and then expecting people to pay $300 for them.
However, the Peas did convince me that not all painted furniture is evil, and in fact, in some cases looks better than the original wood color.
With that said, I am ready to come to the dark side and paint a piece of wood furniture.
I have a hutch with glass front doors on top that was in my parents kitchen from 1971ish (when they bought the kitchen set) until we moved in in 2019. By in my parents kitchen, I mean literally in the same exact spot for 48 years.
When we moved into the house in 2019 I moved the hutch to my new sewing /craft room to hold fabric and quilts with the intention of painting it sometime.
My original thought was to paint it a bright, crisp white that would pop against the lovely pale, pale lavender walls and match the bright white trim in the room.
Then I went down a Pintrest rabbit hole and saw a room that had several vintage cabinets and curios and hutches that were each painted a different pale pastel color. Looked really cool.
Then this past spring when my Dad moved back in to live with us (Yeah!) my sewing /craft room was dismantled and turned back into a downstairs master.
Since there was not another empty room, I ended up borrowing real estate from other rooms, so my sewing machines, quilting rack, fabrics, tools and other craft supplies are scattered over most of the rest of the house.
So my wood hutch that had been holding/displaying fabrics and ribbons etc got moved back to the kitchen. I knew it had to go back there because for one thing, there was no other spot for it in the house.
Secondly, even if I had made room for it up in one of the kids' bedrooms, DH would never have agreed to move it upstairs because, in his words, "it weighs a fuck-ton".
Now, I don't know exactly what a fuck ton equates to numerically, but apparently it is too much to carry up a flight of stairs, even in two pieces.
So since it is back in the kitchen it is going to be used to store kitchen stuff.
As y'all know, we are redoing our kitchen and since the hutch now lives in the kitchen it needs to be part of the redo.
My "vision" for the kitchen changed a couple of times over the summer, but we are nearing the finish line and one of my last things I want/need done is to paint this hutch.
I am still trying to find the right color. While I do like the idea of a bright white, there is nothing else in the kitchen that is white. But the paint card does pop against the wall color.
I also went and looked at the million (or maybe it just seems like it is that many) white paint cards. Holy hell.
Now I don't know if I want a creamy white, an almost silvery white, or an extremely pale pink that almost looks white.
Unfortunately, I don't have weeks to go through several samples of paint colors like I did for my walls and need to make a decision so I can get it painted before the floor is installed.
My question is any suggestions for narrowing down my choices? Do I need to coordinate it more with the kitchen or for it to eventually end back up in a sewing room without needing to go through the trouble of repainting?
Also, can I just use regular latex paint to paint it? I don't want to use chalk paint because I don't want to have to worry with wax or upkeep or whatever. If I use regular latex paint does it need a top coat of polyurethane to protect the finish?
If you have read this entire novel, Thank you! You deserve a medal for reading my rambling. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
