Coco and Duck Eggs.....Paint!

Yes, I am still gimping around, but I have found there are plenty of things that a gimpy person can do.

One task I finished while I cannot move around much,

is this huge piece.

Granted, I only had those two bottom drawers (pictured above)

to finish, but I can finally call it DONE!!

(For some reason I never finished the last coat on the two bottom drawers~~~????~~~~)

Back in November my SIL had come over for dinner.

When she arrived, she had with her the following two pieces of furniture:

She had just bought a new huge TV and thought one of my 

college kids

might want her old 'entertainment center' 

to use.

They sat in the front of my garage for a few weeks, till the Hubs put it inside the garage. He absolutely hated the furniture and thought we might just throw it away.

We have a little study on the other side of our den.

It has a small TV in it that I thought might just fit in one of those pieces!.... So....

One day I pulled one of the pieces out and began painting it

ASCP Duck Egg

I figured if all else failed and it was still ugly,

I could still pass it along to one of the kids.

HA!!!!

I first cut off this attractive piece.

I just took the saw and cut it right off.

Then I painted both pieces with the Duck Egg.

(I cannot find the pics I took of this step. Just trust me!)

Then I painted over both pieces with 

Coco.

I had not used that color before.

I wanted something different than the Old White I kept using all the time.

I think using the Coco over the Duck Egg gave it 

a different color, than if just used alone.

I have also been using a different wax than the AS Clear wax.

My usual place was out of the clear wax, so I bought a

Minwax Paste in Natural.

It has just a smidge of color to it,

and it is super easy to use.

Since it has a hint of color,

I haven't been using my AS dark wax either!

I still need to put the rest of the knobs and pulls on this piece.

I did not use the ones that had been on it before,

although I did buy some cheaper knobs and

spray paint them Oil Rubbed Bronze.

I have to get the Hubs or one of the sons to counter-sink some holes for me.

I also need to add beadboard to the back, since I got rid

of the cheap laminate/whateverstuff that had been on there.

And I still need to get my sons to move it

to the other side of the room.

But this afternoon I caught the evening sun 

peaking in and catching the new paint job.

I decided I would snap a few pictures,

even if the piece is not quite finished...

or staged.

Then maybe a few of you will look at those 

bright shiny "wood" pieces from the 

80's and 90's and see new life...

in a can or two of paint!

Linking with Between Naps on The Porch.  and Wow Us Wednesday! and Furniture Friday's.
 And Open House Thursday.