Monday, January 25, 2016

Vintage Bed Frame



With all my furniture projects, I have yet to do a head board, foot board or full bed frame. When my client had asked me to refinish an entire furniture set that included a full bed frame, I couldn't wait! This is part of a three piece set I refinished for the client. Here are the two other pieces from the set. It's so beautiful with all the detail, hoping to find a similar set for myself some day.




All of these pieces were previously painted, in a fun green with a glaze on them. Here is the head board for the bed set before I got started on it.


I lightly sanded to rough up the surface with 100 grit sand paper and then 150. Since this was such a big project with a lot of detail, I opted to use spray primer. This was great, but I did not get enough coverage as I was hoping for. I was hoping to just have to use two cans but ended up using three. Then, I lightly sanded and started spraying. The entire set is General Finishes Antique White milk paint. 

I sprayed every piece with my Home Right Finish Max Sprayer. I absolutely love this thing, best $70 I have spent in a long time. It takes a little getting used to when you convert over from hand painting. For me, it was getting a good idea of how much to really spray in one area to get good coverage and have no drips. I feel like drips just happen sometimes, no matter how hard I try. If this happens, I always let it dry, then start sanding. Usually 100 grit first, then 150 and 220 last to smooth everything out before respraying. The finish I get with a sprayer is amazing. No brush strokes and great coverage.

For the top coat, I used General Finishes HPTC in flat in my sprayer as well. I just love how this set turned out. Can't wait to see a picture once my client has her little girls room all finished.





Thanks so much for reading!
Shayla




5 comments:

  1. Shay this bedroom set is stunning! I love the colors you guys chose and the finish is perfection. Beautiful work lady and glad you like the sprayer. It's a game changer :) Hugs, Coco

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  2. Can't wait to feature this on Monday's Something to Talk About link party. Hope you have an awesome weekend, CoCo

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    1. Thank you so much CoCo, you are too sweet to me. Thanks for making my weekend!

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  3. Beautiful! I love the color, and the paint job is amazing! Congrats on the STTA feature!

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  4. Love this furniture set. It was pretty in the green, but the white just makes it so much better.

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