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Furniture Facelift

before and after, Furniture Makeovers, paint

Hello all! Things are progressing well in my office these past few days. I recently did some painting on a chair and ottoman I got at a thrift store for a low $40. I had it professionally cleaned and it has found a home in there during reorganization and probably permanently. I gave it a furniture facelift.


Furniture Facelift
However I was never a huge fan of the wood trim.


Furniture Facelift
And had an update in mind for it so this past week I got to work. I flipped that chair over right in my office and taped it off.


Furniture Facelift
It got primed with shellac-based primer for all surfaces.  I actually bought this primer by mistake. I was going for the oil-based primer but when I got it home I realized it was the wrong kind.


Furniture Facelift
However I’ve used it on a lot of projects so far and it seems to be doing the job.  This primer is pretty thin and dries instantaneously.  Plus it required two coats for each project, which is OK, because it means fewer coats later on of the paint color.


Furniture Facelift
Then I painted the trim with three coats of high gloss white which I’ve never used before but I’m going for a bit ‘o glam. Let’s see if the high gloss will do it.


Furniture Facelift

Furniture Facelift

Furniture Facelift

What do you think? Was the furniture facelift an improvement?

Furniture Facelift

Notice anything else new in these photos of my office? 🙂

See all of my furniture makeover projects here.

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  15. Amanda @ Serenity Now says

    Jessica, I think this look much better!! The white really makes the fabric pop now. Great work on the paint job. 🙂

    Thanks so much for joining my Weekend Bloggy Reading party! (If you could add a link back to me too, that would be awesome). Have fun finding a new blog friend or two! 🙂

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