Furniture Facelifts

This past week has been full of painting! My husband and I bought our home at the end of July, and you would not believe everything that the previous owners just left here! Some of the stuff was great, but other things needed a bit of a face lift. Isn't it crazy how big of a difference a paint job can make? 

I took on three "simple" painting projects this week. At least I thought they would be simple... 

My first two projects were pieces that were left here when we purchased this home. 

Project #1 was a wicker bathroom cabinet. It isn't the prettiest cabinet in the world, but it is a nice little temporary cabinet to use until I am able to go out and purchase a new one!

Our master bathroom is a white and sage green color. The cabinet that was left behind was black. It stood out, and not in a good way. 

I decided I would just use spray paint on this piece. I chose the color white to match our bathroom. I thought that I would NEVER get the white to fully cover this cabinet. I ended up using four cans of spray paint. I originally bought two, then I had to go to town to purchase and third, only to realize that I was going to need a fourth... so back to town I went!

I was happy with the finished product!

The second piece that was left here was a black cabinet with brown baskets that were the drawers. It was on our covered front porch. I saw the potential in this piece. But again, the black did not match our white front porch and light blue house. This piece was absolutely disgusting. I had to wipe it down about five times before I felt good about it.

(Ignore the ball of nosy fluff 😉)

I did not get a picture with the baskets in it before I painted them. 

I was going to use chalk paint, but I decided against it since this was going to be used as an outdoor piece. I decided to use some paint we had leftover from painting our master bedroom. I spray painted the baskets. 

It's amazing how much cleaner and neat it made my front porch look! Happy happy happy! 

My final two pieces were these two ladderback chairs I found at the Goodwill for $5 each! 

I was super excited when I spotted these. I knew what I was going to do with them right off. I used chalk paint on them and distressed them. I'm going to use a coat of polyurethane instead of wax over these chairs just to make them more durable.

I used three coats of white chalk paint to get full coverage. 

This is the finished product (Minus the polyurethane, which I plan on doing tomorrow)

Love love love how they turned out! (Sorry for the bad lighting)

So, back to the previous owners of our home leaving a bunch of stuff behind... My husband stumbled across an old, white, farmhouse looking screen door half buried in our back yard a few weeks ago. At first I thought it was too damaged to salvage, but once I got a better look at it, a bunch of Pinterest ideas started running through my head. I haven't decided for sure what I am going to do with it yet, but once I figure it out I will be sure and share the finished project with you all!

I am SO beyond glad tomorrow is Friday.

 I hope everyone has a lovely and blessed weekend!