Clean the furniture with mild dishwashing detergent and water or wood cleaner before you.
Dark stained bedroom furniture.
The paint sprayer would come in handy and make the job a lot easier.
Here are different types of bleach for you to choose from.
When to leave and when to buy.
You need to do a test first if in doubt.
Bathroom makeover phase 2 chalk painted linoleum floors.
Therefore be sure you have adequate ambient and task lighting throughout to brighten it appropriately.
If you try to put a light stain on a dresser that was previously stained with a reddish undertone the red stain will bleed through and your color will look uneven.
Older antique dark stained furniture like this is where you may have extra work if using a light color.
Tinted polyurethane and gel stains provide instant results while boiled linseed oil darkens wood over time.
Bleaching your furniture if you feel that your new stain still appears too dark for your taste an optional step is to bleach it.
You can use a wooden bleach which is one of the best solutions for lightening wood.
For obvious reasons dark furniture can lead to a darker space in general.
I also love the minwax polyshades.
Furniture legs matched to floors you don t always need contrast where dark floors are concerned matching wood furniture as closely as possible to the color of your floors is a simple way to make your space feel elegant and put together.
My son s desk that i mentioned earlier was so bad that the first coat of white primer looked like i had painted it pink.
Get your lighting right.
If you are choosing to match furniture to the floors go with a lighter color on the walls.
I ve been hunting for an older dresser for our master bedroom and after reading what you ve said about chalk paint in your last couple posts i think i m going to try that on the piece that i get once i find it.
Inexpensive laundry room renovation reveal.
As newlyweds often do they each brought a couple of pieces from their old bedroom sets into their new life together.
I just finished painting all my stained bedroom furniture white but now i want to paint all my patio table and chairs including the adirondack chairs blue.
I love the transformations.
The dark stain is great.
To paint the dresser mirror and one nightstand black to match their other.
Sep 20 2014 so a couple of weeks ago my brother and sister in law asked if i could help transform their bedroom furniture.
You need to do a test first if in doubt.
Introducing our dream home part 2 master bedroom office laundry room.
Swoon worthy valentine inspired furniture makeovers.