My Husband Paints Some Pieces

My husband is the one who truly inspired me to believe I could paint furniture.  When we bought our house it needed a lot of work done especially in the basement.  He tackled any project whether he had experience with it or not and was able to make our house into what it is today.

I couldn't be more proud of him and all his hard work!  Without him even knowing it, he truly inspired me to try painting furniture without any experience.  Thanks babe!

After a few months of me painting my husband mentioned what I was doing to some of the guys at his job.  One of his friends had a chest that was broken and was going to throw it out, but thought maybe I would like to fix it up.

The trim at the bottom had broken off and the top had also come off the hinges.  My husband fixed it for me to paint, but I asked him since he fixed it up wouldn't he like to paint it.  He did!

He chose Behr Tropical Waters for the first coat and a black for the second coat (in homemade chalk paint).  He added wood trim stars and I distressed it for him. 

Isn't it awesome?  It sold in less than three weeks.  My first piece took more than a month to sell!

Next up was the $1 dresser I got from the auction.  The veneer and second layer came off the top across the entire back and it just needed to get covered up.  

I asked my husband to get wood and trim to cover it up.  Once again, since he fixed it up I asked him if he would like to paint it and he did!  He painted the top and body black and the drawers Valspar Midnight Fog.

I love his perspective!  He didn't distress the paint and chose to polyurethane the top in a high gloss and wax the rest with Minwax Finishing Paste.  He picked out gorgeous brass knobs I had in my stash and polished them up.  It is so different than what I would have done, but I love it!

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