Dresser Progress

Making progress on the dresser upcycle, it came apart pretty easy and all but one shelf is in good shape

Base coat on the dresser parts

 Black color on the dresser parts

I think it's gonna look really nice when it's finished :-)

Making Progress :-)

Here are the bar stools with the legs black and the flur de lis solid black, so far I am really pleased with the progress :-)

Progress is Sllllooooowwww

I have several projects to work on this week so I decided to try making stencils.  Unfortunately it did not work out well, the adhesive was too strong and the stencil ended up stuck to the board.  First I attempted to remove the excess with my fingers, then an exacto knife, both were causing a lot of damage.  I ended up resanding the board and starting over :-(

I definitely recommend testing out these things on a practice board before using them on an order :-)

Table Top and Base

Here is picture of the finished table top, I think the stain really brought out the wood grain.

The legs of the table are going to be black as well as this bottom layer

The black covered the light wood really nicely

the legs are still drying and have a few more coats that need to be applied to the edges.  My goal was to have this project done for "Finished Project Thursday" but it's gonna be close, it might have to wait until next week.

Learning & a Table

The coffee table refinish is going.  It's not going smooth, but it's going. In my last post I showed this before picture

well here it is all sanded down, it's really quite nice don't yeah think :-)

 Here is the table with some stain, when I took this pic I was so happy! I thought it was beautiful.

I later realized that this is way too much stain, it isn't supposed to be this shiny when it's just stained. 8 hours later it was still sticky :-(

So this morning I stared all over, I re-sanded the entire table top, then restrained, it is no longer sticky, no longer shiny, and quite lovely.  I then began painting the legs of the table their future black color. Tomorrow when the sun is out I take some pictures of the table top and painted legs :-)