Comments on: before and after: elizabeth’s telephone table

By: grace

grace — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:48:08 +0000

PDisco

painting wood is always controversial on d*s. it’s an ongoing battle that people never seem to tire of having. but it’s good to remember that people have different ideas about what’s good and bad, and while you may find this piece “awful”, the owner clearly loves it and has given it a new life. sometimes painting wood means that a piece headed for the dumpster gets a new life- and that’s pretty great.

grace

By: PDisco

PDisco — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:36:43 +0000

Why don’t people appreciate wood anymore. This piece was beautiful BEFORE. All it need was to be sanded and a light coat of stain. The blue is awful and what is so great about painting a beautiful piece of wood?

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:55:03 +0000

i like it in its original form much better! the wood would have been so beautiful with a good scuff and clear coat. o well.

By: NancyQ

NancyQ — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:06:40 +0000

First could have stood out better with some contrast color, either the table or the background. Second, there are so little old pieces left and it breaks my heart when the get transformed out of their true state. It could have simply used a refinish and maybe the cloth pattern could have been in a more classic style.

such a shame. However, the paint job had it been applied on a different piece would have been nicely done.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:21:13 +0000

Riikka, The fabric is by ‘Prestigious Textiles” (www.prestigioustextiles.co.uk), the design is ‘Flopsy’ (from the Creature Comforts Collection which is actually their children’s collection from 2007) and is available on ebay.co.uk.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:32:32 +0000

Thank you all very much for your kind comments! I’ve been working away from home (and a PC) for a few days and only just had a chance to check back. (What a great welcome home!)

Grace’s description above is spot on. This is the first furniture makeover I tried, and I assure you that if I can do it, so can you! (Especially if you follow the above pointers).

I used satinwood paint, rather than gloss, which is much easier to manipulate, and still gives a rich shiny finish. (You will need several coats to create a durable finish though – the top surface has about 8 coats, the rest has 5).

Jenny, thanks for pointing out that the drawer pull is upside down – i hadn’t noticed. Oops :)

Thank you all again!