This cabinet is oak and had lovely grain, but had many bumps and bruises and the finish was worn and chipped in places. The owner wanted a painted finish and we looked at several examples and found some that were similar to what she wanted. Matching up the color she wanted was a little more difficult than I anticipated. I had the examples on my Nook tablet and took it with me to match the paint up. So many of the blues didn't seem quite right. I knew that rather than do too much sanding/distressing, which I don't always like to do on older pieces, I would be using a different method that would darken the paint color anyway, so finally chose Behr Cosmic Cobalt. After removing the old finish, I painted the whole cabinet blue. I then tried a walnut stain over the paint on the drawer. I found that I didn't care for the walnut, as it gave the blue a yellowish cast and didn't darken the medallion accent piece enough. I went on to darken the whole cabinet with Minwax Mahogany Gel Stain, making sure to wipe the stain off after each segment that I did, after the 3 minutes that the directions suggest. I did a wash of watered down paint after that and wiped it. I finished it with polyacrylic. I am really happy with how this piece looks.
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That is such a pretty deep blue. Makes the whole piece look so majestic! Thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary! The customer is very happy with it.
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I love the midnight blue color you chose, Marti, and leaving the gold accents was very clever. I love the look, especially with the ironstone. Thanks so much for linking up with Vintage Charm and Merry Christmas!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Diana! A Very Merry Christmas to you!
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Grand! I have a china "cabinet" that is fake wood golden oak. I've never really liked the way it looks, but I wanted the china cabinet. I saw yours and said, "I'm going to do that!" Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYay, you are welcome!! I would love to see it when you are done!
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I love the cabinet painted and I am going to paint an old cabinet soon as I get all the Christmas decorations put away so I can have plenty of room and time to work on it. I was thinking light baby boy blue however I like your midnight blue with the gold handles
ReplyDeleteHa[[y New Year and happy painting
Thank you!
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