I have several “antique” pieces in my home. The pieces I would and want to paint are the ones I don’t have a “connection” to. My grandmother’s maple buffet doesn’t match anything else in my home, but I treasure it as is because of the fond memories I have. However, the curio cabinet I picked up at a thrift shop I would love to paint. I have to say, my eyes opened wide when you showed the green you had decided on, but of course it turned out beautifully.
I can totally understand your thoughts! If keeping a piece as-is helps cherish a loved one's memory, that's a special thing I wouldn't want to disrupt, either! I hope you have fun with your curio cabinet! :)
I think most antiques should never- ever be painted and should be left alone because the painting can and does really bring their value down. I would NEVER paint my beautiful old primitive Hamilton flat file cabinet. Also, many of the old wooden crates, boxes and items with the old imprinting burned into their wood surfaces should never be covered over with paint. However, I believe a few antiques and many vintage furniture items can be painted and even look much nicer painted to suit a person's style and decor. I think yourr painted furniture looks great!
love that cabinet!!! the lines are beautiful. and heck yes I'd paint it and make a place for it in my house. if you get tired of the color, just strip it and do something different. the teardrop pulls will be stunning.
Yep, this one is a Winner! Love it! You make it look SO easy. But luckily if you Had to move the piece inside, you have men in the house who can easily do this for you. Sometimes I think it's best to paint very large pieces indoors where the movers moved them to. I have a huge Armoire that needs painting and I Dread it! I keep putting it off since I can't decide what color to paint it! Truly!
I can appreciate an antique or quality vintage piece. However, I have zero qualms about painting wood. We might as well give future generations a hobby. lol I have a hope chest my grandfather made me back in the early 80s. It's neither antique or vintage. It's simply a well made solid piece of furniture with the UGLIEST orange shellac! While solidly built, I encountered some cosmetic issues (gramps used a lot of wood filler) that I have zero desire to deal with staining. I will be painting it (obviously not the inside), but I've finally stripped it and just not going to deal with figuring out how or what to stain it with.
Oh my goodness, in every other part of the world, France, Poland, China, Sweden, Holland, Italy etc. very beautiful and priceless wood furniture has been painted and embellished with gold and silver leaf, quite literally for millennia! If you think about it, whatever application, weather it be stain, wax, varathane, or chalk paint etcetera is and should remain the sole decision of the owner and her interior decorator. ♟
I believe in painting dark wood furniture and trim and have done so, but the grain in the back of the cabinet was so beautiful! Couldn't you have done an opaque stain, whitewash treatment to preserve that, and paint the rest? Also I always thought you shouldn't paint when it is very hot and humid? Just asking, cause I delayed some painting projects a few months ago for that reason. I am also interested in if you have any issues with the wood doors or drawers sticking with heat expansion and contraction? That piece is so beautiful, I would try to find a place indoors. TFS.
OMG I absolutely love this!! I have a wooden shelf bookstand outside and it needs some love and something to make it more "special" . Thank you for the inspiration! Oh FYI, it's stupid hot here this weekend too! 104°! Fall can't arrive soon enough 😳😳
This is why I'm so scared to paint. I do not know what I'm doing. Who'd have thought to use a stain blocker. As far as all the Annie Sloan type paints, Ugh! there are so many different brands and different people sell and swear by this or that brand. What to do, what to do. I bought a cute little chest with all intentions of painting and leaving the top wood. Still haven't done it because primarily I don't know which brand of paint to get. Or, how to do it. Can you steer me to one of your diy videos for beginners? Thanks.
I like to share the process behind the decisions I make when I can! Some DIY designers really appreciate that extra information. If you're more in the camp that likes to just see the pretties - you might enjoy the associated blog post. Lots of pictures of the finished cabinet are included (especially as you scroll towards the bottom.) | sheholdsdearly.com/when-to-paint-antique-wood-furniture/
@@SheHoldsDearly I love when you go into detail....I bought new knobs for a china cabinet but didnt consider the things you mentioned....low and behold the knobs hit each other and the doors wouldnt close....live and learn.
Waterfall style furniture from the 30s and 40s and even 20s are veneers. In European homes there are multiple woodtones because they have furniture from every era and Century. Only in the United States are we matchy matchy. I am a designer too. That being said I do whatever I want to my furniture. It's mine.
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Absolutely do whatever you want! I hate matchy and after watching a few friends do this I realized they design the way they dressed. Most don't have knowledge of color theory let alone mixed metals and wood. I have seen several UA-camrs /self proclaimed designers have a room full of mirrored furniture which confused me.
Ummm glass does not move over time. You may want to look that up thru a reputable site. like MIT If left undisturbed at room temperature, glass really doesn’t change - no matter how old it is - says Michael Cima, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Faculty Director of the MIT Glass Lab. Contrary to the urban legend that glass is a slow-moving liquid, it’s actually a highly resilient elastic solid, which means that it is completely stable. So those ripples, warps, and bull’s eye indentations you see in really old pieces of glass “were created when the glass was created,” Cima says. They are the result of old-fashioned glass fabrication methods, not aging.
I love antique furniture ❣️❣️❣️❣️ However, after living thru dark winters in Indiana I had to make a choice. Paint what I have or find cheap ,or sell it to buy painted furniture. It's amazing how bright and cheerful my home is now 😊❣️
This turned out beautifully! I agree with making antiques fit with your style. Why store them away or worse yet throw them out. Make them new again and give them life!
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Definition of an antique is 100 yrs. old or more. Vintage has to be at least 50 years or for example anything made from the 30's to the 60's. My parents owned an antique store, so I know from where I speak.
Antiques are 100 years old and vanneer goes back 4000 years. yes painting is furniture is ok. It protects the wood for another 100 years and can be stripped in the future. Thank you for being on our side.
I don't think you should paint any antique, you destroy the value of it, I have mixed wood tones in my home, and I love it. I don't like everything the same wood tone and I also like the dark wood, the darker the better, but I don't have all dark. All of my Living room is mostly dark, but I have a white coffee table. I get a lot of complements on the mixture of liking it. I have quit a few antiques and there is no way I would paint any of them. They are beautiful the way that they are. But everyone is different. So if that is what you like that is great, I just think you are destroying history. I will say I love your home and what you have done. You are very talented. Sorry I don't agree with painting history.
You go girl! What some others don't seem to understand is that the "owner" can decide what she wants to do with her furniture even if it is solid gold. There's always the turn off button if it kills you to watch it. Rather than leaving a thumbs down, why not just move on. Since when did people get so opinionated on things that don't belong to them. Do what makes you happy! This turned out just beautiful. Hope you enjoy it every single day. That green is beautiful. I have wondered how that green looked as I'm thinking of painting my bathroom cabinets that color.
Denise, I am able and it's my right to be opinionated. Remember the Constitution? Now, I'm not the one who gave a thumbs down, okay. But, you too are opinionated.
You can certainly give your opinion. But at the end of the day, it's the person who owns it that has the final say. Hope that clears it up for you.@@tenak7278
Thank you for giving me permission to paint my dining table and china cabinet. They were my grandmother's, but not solid wood (probably bought in the early 60's), but the wood color is just blah. Now I won't feel guilty painting them! :)
Turned out great love it! I have an old buffet, china cabinet and table that match, I want to paint it so bad. I lived with it for years now, getting tired of it, it’s dark wood, boring! You gave me the inspiration to go for it!
So so pretty - I loved the beautiful wood tones and I love the fresh painted look as well! Hopefully the heat has passed and more fall like weather is on the way ... I can't wait to see how you transform this for each season - the green you chose will play nicely with autumnal, Christmas, winter and spring decor! So fun!
Cute dress! One of our favorite PBS television shows is "Antiques Roadshow." Have you watched an episode? www.pbs.org/show/antiques-roadshow/ From the side, the painted cabinet kind of reminds me of one of those vintage doctor medicine cabinets. smile!
I just bought an vintage hoosier. It has been updated, with plastic handles and a decorative blue and red finish. The glass is circa 1970's, in a yellow color, color is awful but I can see the good bones underneath. It is going to get stripped next week. I will install chicken wire for now. If the wood looks crappy, it's getting painted white. The lines will be stunning! The lady I bought it from was mortified.
Hi Sarah, I'm having such a difficult time deciding if I should paint my Grandma's very large antique sideboard.... It's so beautiful with it's large mirror but it doesn't go with my decor but still such a hard decision... Thank you for your advice, yours turned out amazing.. I love your channel and look forward to your future videos.
Do you have a color in mind already if you were to paint it? I'd maybe get a swatch of that paint or something similar like a piece of paper in the same shade and tape it to the outside of the sideboard and live with it like that for a week. See if the color brings you joy as you're going about your daily life! Once you have a specific color in mind, and can see a little piece of it in our space, it might help solidify the decision one way or the other! :) I hope you come back and let us know what you decide!
I am stripping layers and layers of paint off several antique pieces from my (Rachell Ashwell Days) just loving the wood underneath. Sometimes you just need a change.
I use to sell lots of painted, mostly white, French farmhouse etc furniture. I’ve been really into raw wood recently, but now I’m starting to love certain oiled wood.
You're in the Pacific Northwest!! I'm on Vancouver Island! If you can leave furniture out in our rainy climate, I can too! I love furniture on the covered porch as it adds a ton of character and really looks like an extension of the house. (I always thought you were in the South) And, we had that stupid hot weather, too.
Omgosh this piece would be ideal to display the quilts I've made:) Great job! A few years ago I decided to paint an antique bed. It was in bad shape & looks great now. I had real big problem with bleed thru even with primer. This bed apparently had been dip died at the manufacturer. Part of the headboard was mahogany. So after 10 coats!!! Yes 10! Including 2 of primer. I had to embrace the very pale pink instead of white. I also put a carved wood design on it. I'm very proud of the piece:) I saved it from deterioration.
Wondering if you used cheap quality paint. We used to have a store called Forest City in the Detroit area and the inexpensive paint I bought there was so bad, I painted and painted a table, and it never got good coverage. Lesson learned. For walls I like home depot Behr brand. Great coverage and not as pricey as some.
Please, pretty please, if your going to paint beautiful antique wood furniture, make sure it has a finish on it before painting, makes it easier to strip back to wood without the paint being in the grain which you’ll never get out.
Can’t wait for your pro paint antiques ! Some people are painting beautiful furniture that shouldn’t be painted but ok I get it . I am not to proud to say I am a self taught trash picker and I love it !
Gorgeous transformation Sarah! Really loving your style. I agree that its far better to paint an old piece of furniture and give it a new lease of life than let it go to landfill. Thank for all your inspiring content. Greetings from Australia.
No furniture outside here... weather elements would deteriorate it . Lol, conclusion I need more interior space ...solution as keeping the furniture ! 😉
This update helped keep this piece as part of our family to be enjoyed for years to come. And if we ever wanted to, we could sand it back down. No wood was harmed in the making of this video. :D
Quick question: I do have a beautiful little antique desk that I LOOOVE, BUT it’s very orange... I don’t necessarily want to pant it... it has such a beautiful design in the actual wood grain. But I was wondering if maybe just cleaning it & adding white wax over it would lighten it up & perhaps make it not so orange... thoughts, please???
Hi Tricia! In my experience, you will need to strip it with Citristrip. rstyle.me/+bbsJXFCrtOt_MsxD4W7FnA Here is an article that might help, as well: www.pineandprospecthome.com/how-to-make-orange-wood-look-weathered/
I’m a huge proponent of using two coats of shellac as primer - it goes on pretty easily in 10-15 min and dries in 45- as it will allow paint removal later with a heat gun. Nearly no one will be able or want to strip it later and dig every bit of stubborn paint out of crevices, but shellac makes it at least POSSIBLE, and will also seal in odors and seal tannins. Please include this info when encouraging others to paint wood furniture, especially if it has beautiful graining. Stripping is difficult, is labor intensive, and can be made much easier with so little effort by shellacking first. Also please mention that the value can be mostly forfeited if painted.
SO true! We tried to love the wood trim in our house for 3 years and it has affected every decor style we’ve tried to use to blend it in. Finally scheduled a painter!! So excited!
This is such an amazing piece of furniture! Why would you leave it outside? The black in the wood is probably from it being outside? I would think that the elements would ruin it.
You are so darn cute. I love how your mind works in determining what the final outcome will be. Denise thinks that one should not have an opinion on what others do but I disagree. I like what you did and it's you. For me and my taste, I would have left the outside alone and painted the inside white for outside use. That's just me. But, thanks. I just love your videos.
I suppose my problems with painting wood furniture are that it is often painted poorly, and the paint color will inevitably go out of style. I've seen otherwise beautiful wood pieces smothered in multiple layers of poorly applied paint that represent changing fads over the life of the piece. Then I get going with stripper and sandpaper in an attempt to restore it to original beauty. But do what you want with your furniture...it's yours.
A glassed cabinet does not seem practical for an exterior space. That being said, the color choices do compliment the decor scheme you present for the porch. Did you seal the paint with polycrylic or similar finish to protect the surfaces?
Yep, we've discussed that/done that on some pieces before, too! It is work, but it's possible. So if someone wants to paint something, I say go for it! It's OK if that's not for you, though. :)
I think that the people who made the furniture all those years ago would actually be delighted to see that their furniture was being used, admired and really enjoyed in someone’s home every day rather than sitting somewhere unused and unloved. Furniture was made to be used. You are changing the color, not destroying it. X
The problem is stripping when this particular fashion for color or paint goes out, and most of the paint these days is chalk based, but much of the previous paint was plastic. Have you done it? Painting has caused much unloved furniture to become loved again, but has also caused wonderful pieces with hundreds of years left in them to become seen as cheap junk and discarded. The intensive labor time needed to trip outweighs their decreased value. I see both sides, and if I paint, it’s a piece like this one shown, with little beauty in the wood and not much value. And I still shellac first so that the paint won’t settle into the wood grain in the crevices and corners and the piece can be heat stripped ( no chemicals used).
We have a chest that has to be older than one hundred. It belonged to hubby’s grandmother who lived till she was 100 and we are 66. She passed several years ago. However the wood has the feel of an alligator. 🤷♀️ I am not sure if that is the actual wood grain or if it’s just because of its age.
If you don’t like it let some else’s enjoy vs ruining it. One day u will regret this...cheap plastic handles come on , furniture like this will never be made again.
To each their own! I love keeping pieces near to me that are dear to me, and don't mind updating them to fit to our lifestyle. They're loved and enjoyed, and that is what matters most to me. :)
Our porch roof does a pretty great job protecting everything on the porch unless we have a rare sideways rain/snow! When needed, we bring more delicate or special items into the house or out to the shed to keep them protected. But for the most part, everything does OK!
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Vintage 50 or more. Antique definition 100 years plus. Love this video. I love old furniture that can be painted and become something useful and outstanding in the decor. Especially white paint.
This turned out super cute!!! But I must admit that I did love the way it originally looked. It's always wonderful to have a piece of family history live on in your own home, recalling happy memories and giving you to opportunity to pass those stories and legacies on to the next generation! ❤
thank you. i like light kinda raw wood look or pine furniture. unfortunately, i inherited a lot of dark 'walnut' stained furniture including a 1941 sewing machine desk.... and i tried sanding it down to the raw wood to no avail, its different types of wood, and the stain penetrated deep in certain types wood and not others, its a mess... yet i resisted painting it... i might try. the age thing is so confusing, here 25 year old car is considered a 'historic vehicle' and considered an antique car. plus theirs the whole reproduction thing for furniture, a piece of furniture might be copy of a 150 year old piece, but might be 25 years young.
I have several “antique” pieces in my home. The pieces I would and want to paint are the ones I don’t have a “connection” to. My grandmother’s maple buffet doesn’t match anything else in my home, but I treasure it as is because of the fond memories I have. However, the curio cabinet I picked up at a thrift shop I would love to paint. I have to say, my eyes opened wide when you showed the green you had decided on, but of course it turned out beautifully.
I can totally understand your thoughts! If keeping a piece as-is helps cherish a loved one's memory, that's a special thing I wouldn't want to disrupt, either! I hope you have fun with your curio cabinet! :)
It took me a year to strip a piece of antique furniture. When i was done I just did not like it. I painted it white. I now love it.
So glad that the paint helped you love it! :)
I think most antiques should never- ever be painted and should be left alone because the painting can and does really bring their value down. I would NEVER paint my beautiful old primitive Hamilton flat file cabinet. Also, many of the old wooden crates, boxes and items with the old imprinting burned into their wood surfaces should never be covered over with paint. However, I believe a few antiques and many vintage furniture items can be painted and even look much nicer painted to suit a person's style and decor. I think yourr painted furniture looks great!
Dang I would have liked to see you put items in the cabinet SO nice
Love the transformation!
love that cabinet!!! the lines are beautiful. and heck yes I'd paint it and make a place for it in my house. if you get tired of the color, just strip it and do something different. the teardrop pulls will be stunning.
Thank you! So excited for the pulls!
Yep, this one is a Winner! Love it! You make it look SO easy. But luckily if you Had to move the piece inside, you have men in the house who can easily do this for you. Sometimes I think it's best to paint very large pieces indoors where the movers moved them to. I have a huge Armoire that needs painting and I Dread it! I keep putting it off since I can't decide what color to paint it! Truly!
I can appreciate an antique or quality vintage piece. However, I have zero qualms about painting wood. We might as well give future generations a hobby. lol I have a hope chest my grandfather made me back in the early 80s. It's neither antique or vintage. It's simply a well made solid piece of furniture with the UGLIEST orange shellac! While solidly built, I encountered some cosmetic issues (gramps used a lot of wood filler) that I have zero desire to deal with staining. I will be painting it (obviously not the inside), but I've finally stripped it and just not going to deal with figuring out how or what to stain it with.
Oh my goodness, in every other part of the world, France, Poland, China, Sweden, Holland, Italy etc.
very beautiful and priceless wood furniture has been painted and embellished with gold and silver
leaf, quite literally for millennia! If you think about it, whatever application, weather it be stain, wax,
varathane, or chalk paint etcetera is and should remain the sole decision of the owner and her
interior decorator. ♟
I believe in painting dark wood furniture and trim and have done so, but the grain in the back of the cabinet was so beautiful! Couldn't you have done an opaque stain, whitewash treatment to preserve that, and paint the rest? Also I always thought you shouldn't paint when it is very hot and humid? Just asking, cause I delayed some painting projects a few months ago for that reason. I am also interested in if you have any issues with the wood doors or drawers sticking with heat expansion and contraction? That piece is so beautiful, I would try to find a place indoors. TFS.
Yes, actually the doors and drawers on my porch china cabinet have shifted a little. :(
OMG I absolutely love this!! I have a wooden shelf bookstand outside and it needs some love and something to make it more "special" . Thank you for the inspiration! Oh FYI, it's stupid hot here this weekend too! 104°! Fall can't arrive soon enough 😳😳
I am pretty sure to be considered an antique an article has to be over 100 years old .That's in England anyway. Xx
Love it, wish I had a covered porch to decorate. I will just enjoy yours.
Green is a great color!!! but I wish you painted the outside of it a lighter green like your footstool. I was hoping for that. Anything but white.
It’s fantastic, i am going on the look out for a china cabinet now!!!!!!
This is why I'm so scared to paint. I do not know what I'm doing. Who'd have thought to use a stain blocker. As far as all the Annie Sloan type paints, Ugh! there are so many different brands and different people sell and swear by this or that brand. What to do, what to do. I bought a cute little chest with all intentions of painting and leaving the top wood. Still haven't done it because primarily I don't know which brand of paint to get. Or, how to do it. Can you steer me to one of your diy videos for beginners? Thanks.
You might find it helpful to look through my painting e-book! finding-time-to-hold-dearly.teachable.com/p/vintage-home-painting-guide
Great discussion!...☺️
Hobby Lobby can special order knobs if they don't have them in stock.
Wow you should have left mostly wood and only a bit of green like the door trim green only and the inside back panels then left the rest wood
To each their own! :) It's OK that we like it different ways.
Top class design knowledge, delivery and inspiration Sarah always brightens up my creative mind
Thank you, Michele!
too much about the size of the knobs, really anxious to see the finished cabinet....
I like to share the process behind the decisions I make when I can! Some DIY designers really appreciate that extra information. If you're more in the camp that likes to just see the pretties - you might enjoy the associated blog post. Lots of pictures of the finished cabinet are included (especially as you scroll towards the bottom.) | sheholdsdearly.com/when-to-paint-antique-wood-furniture/
i enjoyed the whole video but yes i was anxious to see the finished piece😜😜😜
just fast forward some to find the spot you want.
@@SheHoldsDearly I love when you go into detail....I bought new knobs for a china cabinet but didnt consider the things you mentioned....low and behold the knobs hit each other and the doors wouldnt close....live and learn.
Waterfall style furniture from the 30s and 40s and even 20s are veneers. In European homes there are multiple woodtones because they have furniture from every era and Century. Only in the United States are we matchy matchy. I am a designer too. That being said I do whatever I want to my furniture. It's mine.
Absolutely do whatever you want! I hate matchy and after watching a few friends do this I realized they design the way they dressed. Most don't have knowledge of color theory let alone mixed metals and wood. I have seen several UA-camrs /self proclaimed designers have a room full of mirrored furniture which confused me.
Ummm glass does not move over time. You may want to look that up thru a reputable site. like MIT If left undisturbed at room temperature, glass really doesn’t change - no matter how old it is - says Michael Cima, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Faculty Director of the MIT Glass Lab. Contrary to the urban legend that glass is a slow-moving liquid, it’s actually a highly resilient elastic solid, which means that it is completely stable. So those ripples, warps, and bull’s eye indentations you see in really old pieces of glass “were created when the glass was created,” Cima says. They are the result of old-fashioned glass fabrication methods, not aging.
I love antique furniture ❣️❣️❣️❣️ However, after living thru dark winters in Indiana I had to make a choice. Paint what I have or find cheap ,or sell it to buy painted furniture. It's amazing how bright and cheerful my home is now 😊❣️
As a fellow Hoosier that's Exactly what I went through. Can't stand these dark winters, had to do something about it I chose paint
This turned out beautifully! I agree with making antiques fit with your style. Why store them away or worse yet throw them out. Make them new again and give them life!
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Definition of an antique is 100 yrs. old or more. Vintage has to be at least 50 years or for example anything made from the 30's to the 60's. My parents owned an antique store, so I know from where I speak.
I was going to say the same thing.
Yep, you're not the first one to catch that! I mis-spoke and updated in the description. :) ;) Thanks!
If it is furniture it has to be 100 years to be antique. If it is a vase or decorative object it is 50 years for antique
Wow....manners much?....there certainly could have been a little more gentle way to make your point I'm sure..🙄
You’re correct with antiques being 100 years or more, but a vintage item is anything over 20 years.
Antiques are 100 years old and vanneer goes back 4000 years. yes painting is furniture is ok. It protects the wood for another 100 years and can be stripped in the future. Thank you for being on our side.
Vintage is 50 years old. Antiques are 100 years old. Love your designs!
Furniture has to be 100 years to be considered antique. I used to think it was 50 years also, but I was recently corrected.
Less than 100 years more than 15/20 is considered vintage.
Yep, you're both right! I mis-spoke and corrected it in the video description. :) Thanks for catching that.
I don't think you should paint any antique, you destroy the value of it, I have mixed wood tones in my home, and I love it. I don't like everything the same wood tone and I also like the dark wood, the darker the better, but I don't have all dark. All of my Living room is mostly dark, but I have a white coffee table. I get a lot of complements on the mixture of liking it.
I have quit a few antiques and there is no way I would paint any of them. They are beautiful the way that they are. But everyone is different. So if that is what you like that is great, I just think you are destroying history. I will say I love your home and what you have done. You are very talented. Sorry I don't agree with painting history.
You go girl! What some others don't seem to understand is that the "owner" can decide what she wants to do with her furniture even if it is solid gold. There's always the turn off button if it kills you to watch it. Rather than leaving a thumbs down, why not just move on. Since when did people get so opinionated on things that don't belong to them. Do what makes you happy! This turned out just beautiful. Hope you enjoy it every single day. That green is beautiful. I have wondered how that green looked as I'm thinking of painting my bathroom cabinets that color.
I say go for it, the green is beautiful! :)
Denise, I am able and it's my right to be opinionated. Remember the Constitution? Now, I'm not the one who gave a thumbs down, okay. But, you too are opinionated.
You can certainly give your opinion. But at the end of the day, it's the person who owns it that has the final say. Hope that clears it up for you.@@tenak7278
@@denisevalentemcgee4802 Exactly, I don't get why people care. It's not like i snuck in your house and painted your furniture 😂
@@Christinalovespink91 yes! It's completely ridiculous you care about other people's furniture.
Thank you for giving me permission to paint my dining table and china cabinet. They were my grandmother's, but not solid wood (probably bought in the early 60's), but the wood color is just blah. Now I won't feel guilty painting them! :)
I hope you love the end result!
I am sure someone else caught this! “Glass gets wavy over time” it actually takes 1500degrees to melt and move glass.
So sad to see this with this for beautiful quarter sawn oak piece!! I love painted furniture but ....
Turned out great love it! I have an old buffet, china cabinet and table that match, I want to paint it so bad. I lived with it for years now, getting tired of it, it’s dark wood, boring! You gave me the inspiration to go for it!
You can do it! I hope you love the final result!
You can actually have Hobby Lobby order them for you .
It's ok to let it go to a goodwill .i love shopping at goodwill for my home furnishings, and glass kitchen things .
So so pretty - I loved the beautiful wood tones and I love the fresh painted look as well! Hopefully the heat has passed and more fall like weather is on the way ... I can't wait to see how you transform this for each season - the green you chose will play nicely with autumnal, Christmas, winter and spring decor! So fun!
Cute dress! One of our favorite PBS television shows is "Antiques Roadshow." Have you watched an episode? www.pbs.org/show/antiques-roadshow/
From the side, the painted cabinet kind of reminds me of one of those vintage doctor medicine cabinets. smile!
I just bought an vintage hoosier. It has been updated, with plastic handles and a decorative blue and red finish. The glass is circa 1970's, in a yellow color, color is awful but I can see the good bones underneath. It is going to get stripped next week. I will install chicken wire for now. If the wood looks crappy, it's getting painted white. The lines will be stunning! The lady I bought it from was mortified.
Hi Sarah, I'm having such a difficult time deciding if I should paint my Grandma's very large antique sideboard.... It's so beautiful with it's large mirror but it doesn't go with my decor but still such a hard decision... Thank you for your advice, yours turned out amazing.. I love your channel and look forward to your future videos.
Do you have a color in mind already if you were to paint it? I'd maybe get a swatch of that paint or something similar like a piece of paper in the same shade and tape it to the outside of the sideboard and live with it like that for a week. See if the color brings you joy as you're going about your daily life! Once you have a specific color in mind, and can see a little piece of it in our space, it might help solidify the decision one way or the other! :) I hope you come back and let us know what you decide!
I am stripping layers and layers of paint off several antique pieces from my (Rachell Ashwell Days) just loving the wood underneath. Sometimes you just need a change.
I have been wondering for I should paint my old desk. It’s boring & needs some joy. I know my family doesn’t want it. But what color?
I use to sell lots of painted, mostly white, French farmhouse etc furniture. I’ve been really into raw wood recently, but now I’m starting to love certain oiled wood.
Love the 2 pic white cabinet with beautiful wood doors. I just did something like that but black and wood.❤️
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe antiques are 100 yrs. and over. Fifty years up to 100 years is vintage.
You're in the Pacific Northwest!! I'm on Vancouver Island! If you can leave furniture out in our rainy climate, I can too! I love furniture on the covered porch as it adds a ton of character and really looks like an extension of the house. (I always thought you were in the South) And, we had that stupid hot weather, too.
Why hello, fellow PNWer! We do have a shop we can bring outdoor items in to if needed, but they're safe on the porch for most of the year!
Omgosh this piece would be ideal to display the quilts I've made:)
Great job!
A few years ago I decided to paint an antique bed. It was in bad shape & looks great now. I had real big problem with bleed thru even with primer. This bed apparently had been dip died at the manufacturer. Part of the headboard was mahogany. So after 10 coats!!! Yes 10! Including 2 of primer. I had to embrace the very pale pink instead of white. I also put a carved wood design on it. I'm very proud of the piece:) I saved it from deterioration.
Oh my! 10 coats of paint! I feel for you! Glad it all worked out OK in the end.
Wondering if you used cheap quality paint. We used to have a store called Forest City in the Detroit area and the inexpensive paint I bought there was so bad, I painted and painted a table, and it never got good coverage. Lesson learned. For walls I like home depot Behr brand. Great coverage and not as pricey as some.
Please, pretty please, if your going to paint beautiful antique wood furniture, make sure it has a finish on it before painting, makes it easier to strip back to wood without the paint being in the grain which you’ll never get out.
Can’t wait for your pro paint antiques ! Some people are painting beautiful furniture that shouldn’t be painted but ok I get it . I am not to proud to say I am a self taught trash picker and I love it !
Gorgeous transformation Sarah! Really loving your style. I agree that its far better to paint an old piece of furniture and give it a new lease of life than let it go to landfill. Thank for all your inspiring content. Greetings from Australia.
Thanks so much! 😊
We had some family antiques from the 1920’s they were solid wood but had some stained wood veneers over the solid wood.
Great project could we see more of the work and less talking please , see Jaime ray vintage
No furniture outside here... weather elements would deteriorate it . Lol, conclusion I need more interior space ...solution as keeping the furniture ! 😉
I did paint an antique China hutch years ago and I always get compliments. It’s a chalk paint aqua with dark stain and I still love it.
Good call. Love the green interior with all white exterior...perfect. Good luck with the knobs!
Raw wood is wood without any finish or stain. The "black lineage" is called wood grain.
This was so hard to watch. That beautiful wood 😢
This update helped keep this piece as part of our family to be enjoyed for years to come. And if we ever wanted to, we could sand it back down. No wood was harmed in the making of this video. :D
The recipe for chalk paint should be 12 tbs not 32 tbs for 1qt of paint.
I thought they say anything over 100 years is antique? 20 years is vintage?
Do you have a product that you recommend for removing polyurethane from a table top to return it to the raw state?
Antiques are 100 years or more. BTW I love your train of thought. If it doesn’t make you feel good about it in your home , paint it.
Antiques are greater than 100 years old and some have veneer tops. Less than 100 years are vintage.
I do love the colors! I believe that painting old wood furniture that it saves the wood.
A little doily would look great hanging over the edge of your shelves. You did a beautiful job. Love it.
Quick question: I do have a beautiful little antique desk that I LOOOVE, BUT it’s very orange... I don’t necessarily want to pant it... it has such a beautiful design in the actual wood grain. But I was wondering if maybe just cleaning it & adding white wax over it would lighten it up & perhaps make it not so orange... thoughts, please???
Hi Tricia! In my experience, you will need to strip it with Citristrip. rstyle.me/+bbsJXFCrtOt_MsxD4W7FnA
Here is an article that might help, as well: www.pineandprospecthome.com/how-to-make-orange-wood-look-weathered/
I’m a huge proponent of using two coats of shellac as primer - it goes on pretty easily in 10-15 min and dries in 45- as it will allow paint removal later with a heat gun. Nearly no one will be able or want to strip it later and dig every bit of stubborn paint out of crevices, but shellac makes it at least POSSIBLE, and will also seal in odors and seal tannins. Please include this info when encouraging others to paint wood furniture, especially if it has beautiful graining. Stripping is difficult, is labor intensive, and can be made much easier with so little effort by shellacking first. Also please mention that the value can be mostly forfeited if painted.
Good tips, thank you!
This piece would look great in a bathroom to hold towels and linens since it is not very deep. Nice job .
SO true! We tried to love the wood trim in our house for 3 years and it has affected every decor style we’ve tried to use to blend it in. Finally scheduled a painter!! So excited!
Please shellac first. It’s a great primer.
LOVE your channel! Learning so much ❤️❤️❤️
So glad!
??? what is the green color and brand of your little step ladder? thanks
Love how it turned out! it is so cute! Words of wisdom that I was given by a professional painter years ago, do not paint when it is hot like that.
This is such an amazing piece of furniture! Why would you leave it outside? The black in the wood is probably from it being outside? I would think that the elements would ruin it.
Our porch does a pretty great job protecting pieces from the elements! But if needed we bring them in to our shop. :)
You are so darn cute. I love how your mind works in determining what the final outcome will be. Denise thinks that one should not have an opinion on what others do but I disagree. I like what you did and it's you. For me and my taste, I would have left the outside alone and painted the inside white for outside use. That's just me. But, thanks. I just love your videos.
Thank you so much!
I suppose my problems with painting wood furniture are that it is often painted poorly, and the paint color will inevitably go out of style. I've seen otherwise beautiful wood pieces smothered in multiple layers of poorly applied paint that represent changing fads over the life of the piece. Then I get going with stripper and sandpaper in an attempt to restore it to original beauty. But do what you want with your furniture...it's yours.
I think using discretion to paint antiques in more classic colors/styles is great advice!
I’m so glad you went all white on the outside!! It really makes the inside pop! Beautiful 😍
Me too!!
The “linage”. It’s called tiger oak.
Love that green I think it would look fab with wood left on the doors
A glassed cabinet does not seem practical for an exterior space. That being said, the color choices do compliment the decor scheme you present for the porch. Did you seal the paint with polycrylic or similar finish to protect the surfaces?
I use this tough coat sealer : rstyle.me/+ir8KnXgiUqNe1OhQM2j7eg
....and, does anyone know how much work it is to remove paint from the beautiful antique wood!?
Yep, we've discussed that/done that on some pieces before, too! It is work, but it's possible. So if someone wants to paint something, I say go for it! It's OK if that's not for you, though. :)
I love this green and makeover. You are so talented.
I thought vintage was 50 or more years, and antique was 100 or more years old...
Others caught that as well! I updated the description, but had already recorded! Whoops!
May I inquire where you found your bee skep? I really like the size & style!,🐝
Thank you! It's a DIY! Tutorial can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/N4tOC7pBZFI/v-deo.html
The Green is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS
I think that the people who made the furniture all those years ago would actually be delighted to see that their furniture was being used, admired and really enjoyed in someone’s home every day rather than sitting somewhere unused and unloved. Furniture was made to be used. You are changing the color, not destroying it. X
Totally agree, Liz! :)
The problem is stripping when this particular fashion for color or paint goes out, and most of the paint these days is chalk based, but much of the previous paint was plastic. Have you done it? Painting has caused much unloved furniture to become loved again, but has also caused wonderful pieces with hundreds of years left in them to become seen as cheap junk and discarded. The intensive labor time needed to trip outweighs their decreased value. I see both sides, and if I paint, it’s a piece like this one shown, with little beauty in the wood and not much value. And I still shellac first so that the paint won’t settle into the wood grain in the crevices and corners and the piece can be heat stripped ( no chemicals used).
Super adorable porch! I love the color combo!💕
We have a chest that has to be older than one hundred. It belonged to hubby’s grandmother who lived till she was 100 and we are 66. She passed several years ago. However the wood has the feel of an alligator. 🤷♀️ I am not sure if that is the actual wood grain or if it’s just because of its age.
If you don’t like it let some else’s enjoy vs ruining it. One day u will regret this...cheap plastic handles come on , furniture like this will never be made again.
To each their own! I love keeping pieces near to me that are dear to me, and don't mind updating them to fit to our lifestyle. They're loved and enjoyed, and that is what matters most to me. :)
Probably because of it’s age,similar to crackle aging.
@@lauramitchell6725 I agree! I have it in my entryway. Somewhere it lost one of its wood round rollers on the way to our house.
Hobby lobby has them..here in bc michigan
How does furniture hold up on your porch? Do you worry about the weather - rain and snow?
Our porch roof does a pretty great job protecting everything on the porch unless we have a rare sideways rain/snow! When needed, we bring more delicate or special items into the house or out to the shed to keep them protected. But for the most part, everything does OK!
I absolutely agree with you.
Love the green on the inside, such a beautiful piece!
I LOVE it! You're making me want to use green!
You should!
ABSOLUTELY LOVE!!!
I love the celery green with the white!
What kind of rope basket is that on top to the right with the hole in it? Was that a diy?
It's a DIY Bee Skep! Here is the blog post tutorial : sheholdsdearly.com/easy-diy-bee-skep/
Or the video on UA-cam: ua-cam.com/video/N4tOC7pBZFI/v-deo.html
Vintage 50 or more. Antique definition 100 years plus. Love this video. I love old furniture that can be painted and become something useful and outstanding in the decor. Especially white paint.
That green is gorgeous!!!!!
This turned out super cute!!! But I must admit that I did love the way it originally looked. It's always wonderful to have a piece of family history live on in your own home, recalling happy memories and giving you to opportunity to pass those stories and legacies on to the next generation! ❤
I hate these videos...heading misleading. Thought it was DYI. Again, misleading.
Sorry, not sure what you were expecting. The title talks about why you should paint antiques, and I painted my antique! :)
@@SheHoldsDearly You are right. I misread the heading and apologize. Thank you for setting me straight! :)
I love the cabinet for my kitchen nook. Do you know the era of this piece? I need a piece for my collection of milk glass. It came out so nice.
thank you. i like light kinda raw wood look or pine furniture. unfortunately, i inherited a lot of dark 'walnut' stained furniture including a 1941 sewing machine desk.... and i tried sanding it down to the raw wood to no avail, its different types of wood, and the stain penetrated deep in certain types wood and not others, its a mess... yet i resisted painting it... i might try.
the age thing is so confusing, here 25 year old car is considered a 'historic vehicle' and considered an antique car. plus theirs the whole reproduction thing for furniture, a piece of furniture might be copy of a 150 year old piece, but might be 25 years young.