Painted Pine Furniture

[ushiemama]

I'm thinking of painting my orangey pine furniture. Am I doing the right thing...I'm a little bit nervous.

Yes! I did this with mine and it looks lovely. I used a laura ashley off-white eggshell paint and it looks lovely and really brightens the room. Prep work is essential for a good finish though.

We have a pair of pine chest of drawers either side of our chimney breast. We painted both with an off white paint (annie sloane) and it makes such a difference to lightening up the room. I was very apprehensive about 'ruining' the furniture but am very happy with the look. Cant comment on durability as ours have only been painted a few weeks!

great idea ! use undercoat and knot treatment first !!! or it will bleed through eventually !

Thanks for replies...Can't wait to get started. Thanks for the tip about knotting.

Yes. You will be amazed at the difference. I first painted furniture 25 years ago. Everyone thought I was mad. It's like having new furniture with the bonus of knowing you did it yourself.
it is addictive though can I help?

Has anyone painted a piano? Am seriously considering painting ours... but don't know if I'm brave enough! It's not an expensive one so I'm not worried about ruining it's value

apopofpretty.com/piano-painting/
I have seen a painted piano. Lovely. Lot of work though

Thanks for those pics, don't know if I'm brave enough for the bright colours! Hmmm maybe should start with the coffee table and work my way up..

I have painted lots of pieces over the years but I am very slapdash and hate prep work. I now use Annie Sloan as you can have almost instant results. A couple of hours and it is done. I hate sanding, cleaning, undercoating etc.

I've just painted pine chairs in an Annie Sloane plain white. I just did one coat and they look good. Shabby chic , distressed look with the one coat. No sanding or prep. I'm not sure whether I'll bother doing a second coat.
I wish there were more colours in the range. I'd love Mykonos blue, cornflower blue and bright pink.

I've just painted my dining table in annie sloan Provence, looks gorgeous.

holly autentico chalk paints are the same as Annie Sloan, with over 100 colours

Thank you Neeps

Yes go for it. I paint everything at the moment! I have painted a bookcase, shelving alcoves, tv unit, sewing box, old sewing table, other units - it is a joke in my house not to stand still or you might get "distressed"".

I have used Annie Sloan as you need no prep for it, but not everyone might like the finish. I have also used Farrow & Ball both eggshell and emulsion. I am not very patient at doing the prep work though.

Love Vintage what is the Annie sloan finish like?

We have orange pine built in cupboards & fireplace. I sanded them down, used Dulux trade undercoat and then dulux trade brilliant white gloss. Wow the difference was amazing.
Looks classic and sleek now rather than slightly out of place country cottage.

holly the chalk paint finishes are all quite powdery, if you got a cloth and rubbed hard then you could rub through to the paint. That's why you need to wax it afterwards. There are loads of tutorials on youtube (search for annie sloan) to give you an idea. Many Annie Sloan or Authentico stockists also offer workshops to teach you the techniques (i.e. using coloured waxes to add a distressed look)

As long as you don't do it in that pale cream or light tealy blue, go for it. Red is good

Shabby chic is OVER.

Or dark brown is good too.

I've thought about painting some furniture, but tbh the shabby chic look isn't really what I want. I want it to look... well, I'm not sure what the word is. Finished, I suppose.

Does painted furniture ever look "finished"? Or is it going to be shabby chic (which wouldn't really fit into our new house. (Yeah! moving - finally!)

Annie Sloan is a chalky paint and does not give a "perfect" finish and yes, it does need waxed to protect it. I like it but not for everyone. Look up on YouTube and you will see the kind of finish you can get with it.

Poor I unashamedly love shabby chic, it will never be over in my house! I am veering towards a more industrial look with metals and bolder colours, not so much pastel now.

Thanks. I've seen some photos, but it's hard to tell how things will look in the flesh, as it were.

I've just done a bookcase in French grey. Or Paris grey. It's a lovely pale grey anyway. It suits our wooden, oak floor, slightly modern country style house but it's not definitely shabby chic. It's one flat, matt colour. You don't have to distress the edges.

To change the subject a little, have any of you done kitchen units in chalk paint?

Thanks, AnythingNotEverything, that sounds like the kind of look I was thinking of.

I have a small bookcase, so I think I'll give it a go next week. There's a larger one, if that's successful.

I'm not a huge fan of shabby chic, but I'm on a very tight budget and hate prepping, so painting ugly furniture with chalk paint is definitely the way to go. I use Annie Sloan (though will definitely check out autentico now) and am pretty pleased with it. I've just painted a wooden storage bench, kitchen table, four chairs, and a big storage box that I was given/came with the house. They were varying shades of orangey varnished pine and I have repainted them in neutral Annie Sloan shades. Oh, and an old Lloyd Loom style chair that was in my daughter's bedroom, that is now a greenish duck egg blue.

If you don't like the distressed look, as I don't, here are my tips:

• two coats of paint
• at least two coats of wax (it gives it greater sheen - still not shiny, but not so chalky finish)
• don't sand the corners!