Bold, bright and better ... don't you think?
This lightweight solid wood kids set has seen better days. It needed a makeover and ASAP.
First step was to scrub it all clean to prep for the next steps.
This was a gorgeous day in November, not typical for Canada.. it totally called for the table to be hauled outside and power sanded back to the bare wood.
Even though it is wood sanding passed these dings would take away too much surface wood. Some of the deeper dings were left to keep a rustic country feel for the set.
I love it!
The base and chairs were painted a coat of
Dixie
Belle paint called mermaid tail using one of my favorite brushes; my pointed sash Staalmeester.
Everything was left to dry.
Lesson learned: Once dry I found that pouring the stain in a circle was NOT the thing to do, see the halo of where it was?
And over the mermaid tale a coat of
Dixie Belle paint in pure ocean.
Again they were left to dry. Do you think the table top is too green now? I did.
Wanting to add more green back to the chairs to go with the top I mixed the mermaid tail into the
Dixie
Belle's best dang wax in clear. All the painted areas and the stained top were waxed using it.
The table top still seemed too green.
I dry brushed some of the pure ocean over it and it looks fabulous! More of the tinted wax was wiped over it to seal.
The entire set has a bold ocean coloring that oozes rustic country.
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Just look at the variation of color in that top! |
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