I love the look of antique buffets. This baby one caught my eye because of the size and it had great bones. The top was a little rough, but it was sturdy and in pretty great shape.
I knew I wanted to paint this piece and try to stain the top. For the color I was deciding between a soft blue/robins egg or a grey. I almost chose to use the color Open Air by Sherwin Williams, but I was afraid there would be bleed through and I did not feet like priming. I ended up using Porpoise by Sherwin Williams, which is one of my favorites.
For the top I used an orbital sander with 100 grit sandpaper, and another electric sander I have that does not rotate to finish off and smooth things out with 150 and 220 grit sandpaper. The molding and edges required hand sanding to get in all of the tiny crevices. Sanding the top took quite a while, but it was definitely worth it. To stain I used a Varathane stain in a small can. It was something I had left over for a project I did for someone else and it was in a walnut color. I then used Rustoleum Ultimate satin finish poly to seal the top. There are 3 coats, and I sand in between with 320 grit sandpaper.
The rest of the piece got 3 coats of paint and some very light distressing here and there. After the paint cured, I sealed it with Minwax Finishing Paste Wax and buffed it out.
i just love it – you made all the right choices and the piece looks outstanding!
keya
Looks wonderful! I have a buffet to redo myself…can't decide on a colour – this grey is lovely and I love that you left the top stained…looks great!
Cheryl @ The Creative Me and My McG
This is gorgeous. Love the color! I’d love it if you could link this up to our party, Give Me The Goods Monday! {1 party, 4 blogs}
http://www.somuchbetterwithage.com/2013/05/give-me-goods-party-9.html
Have a great week!
Jamie @ somuchbetterwithage.com
It came out amazing! I can't believe you hand sand the edge of the top. That must have been a whole lot of work! It was worth it though.
What a great transformation! I'd like to invite you to share it at my Twirl & Take a Bow Party at http://www.houseontheway.com. Have a great week.
Leslie
LOVE THIS PIECE, CAN I FEATURE IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW,
LAUREN
It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it. Thanks!
I would love that!
Gorgeous–I love the natural top with the painted body. Thanks for sharing.
This is just beautiful! I love the blue color with the natural top.
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What a beautiful piece. The color is fantastic!
Thanks for following me…I am SO glad you found me and now I am a follower of your blog!
WOW…our small buffets are almost twins! Very pretty!!
Julie
This…looks…FANTASTIC!!! You did an amazing job…congrats on a job VERY well done!
New follower. 🙂
-andi
Beautiful job – love the color!!!
In case your missed it I featured you here.
http://westfurniturerevival.blogspot.com/2013/05/revival-monday-113.html
Thanks again for letting me show your work
lauren
I did see it! Thanks you so much Lauren!
I know… twins! Thanks for following 🙂
Thanks Andi!
Thanks so much for linking to Make the Scene Monday @ Alderberry Hill. You are being featured tonight!
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and join me tomorrow evening for Make the Scene Monday #78!
this is just stunning! I'm not your newest follower. i just love cabinets like this. can you please link this one up also?? Fiona x
Thanks for following along Fiona! I went ahead and linked this one up too!
thanks – this is just divine!
This is gorgeous antique buffets. Love the color!
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I'm extremely impressed along with your writing abilities and also with the format on your blog about antique doors Colton. Is that this a paid theme or did you modify it your self? Anyway keep up the excellent high quality writing, it is rare to see a nice blog like this one nowadays..
I just modified it myself – it is the picture window template on blogger. I recently changed it up and an working on making it more of my style! Thanks for the compliment 🙂
I'm trying to figure out what I want for my dining set right now and was at a total loss!! Someone commented on my facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shelstring/43227765551 ) and recommended I check out their pinterest board for inspiration. Although I have my own pinterest board and thought this wouldn't help, your beautiful buffet caught my eye and now I'm itching to get started!! Thank you so much for the inspiration!!!
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This piece was a great choice. It is beautiful. Thanks for explaining the entire process. I have my parents antiques and now I’m certain I will be breathing new life into them.
Your piece came out nothing short of gorgeous! I can’t believe you achieved this with latex paint and wax?