Enough sillyness, I've finally started a new project. I feel bad for "The Painted Lady," she's going to be so jealous of "The Duchess of Bedroom."
SO she needs some work (a little like The 'Real' Housewives of you-know-where). But she has neato hidden drawers and jewely for hardware. I fell hard.
The Duchess is going to embody all fabuliciousness bestoed on her from Furniture High (or I'm high and no one should use paint this bright for ANYTHING).
Essentially the how to goes :
1- Find a fabulous, solid wood oldy but a goody. This one is circa Farah Fawcett was the hottest thing.
2- Remove hardware. This is good place to give organization a shout-out. Separate and lable everything, you'll be happy you did. I put each drawer/door hardware in a separate baggie and labled them. Mi Esposo labled all the drawers. So post-paint was a breeze.
3- Sand sand sand, first fine then super duper fine (I did 150 then 220). My power sander has been "borrowed" by a friend so I did it by hand. My wrists, which are about as sturdy as Montgomery Burns', were hecka sore the next day, so maybe use a power tool or a tool you can trick into doing it for you.
4- Paint. I was in a saucy mood, so i bought bright paint. My rationalization was "everything is white, everything is white, everything is white" I felt like a crazy person in a padded cell.
White will always be my fav for fabrics, but I need some snap crackle. I wanted something to go with a reclaimed wood heaboard on the to-do, I can't think of anymore excuses.
It was risk, it's "Peacock Tail" from Behr. I woke up on painting day with huge regret, wishing I had gone for a soft gray (you know, white's slightly dirty cousin). But I charged ahead.
Two coats, plan on it. Even with my primer-build-in promise, it took two, it ALWAYS takes two.
5- Don't be me, give your stuff time to dry, I never do. I live in a teeny apt and you-know-who won't let me in his garage, so I went with no voc in the living room with the slider open. I had to get my cr@p out of there ASAP. Put your hardware back, find that tool from ealier and have it move your dresser (I HAVE to get me one of those!).
The love dungeon is in upheaval, so it wouldn't be fair to The Duchess to do her grand reveal in there, but I'll give you a teaser and her Maxime shoot will come out when the headboard is ready.
