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Chest that I made over with spray paint.

  For as long as I have had small children, I have purchased scratch and dent, marked down furniture.  Since I had my second child when my first child was 14, that has been for most of my life.

The reason that I like to buy marked down furniture with a scratch or two is that when they run their trains and cars over it, I don’t have to worry that it might hurt it. So, what if it gets scratched? I am going to end up repainting it one day anyway. If I had paid full price for a piece of furniture, I would freak out if I saw that they had scratched it. If I had paid a lot for the furniture, I would never be able to repaint it.

Chest that I made over with spray paint.I have had this chest for about 10 years, and it is time for all the dark wood in my house to go. 

Foyer makeover with new paint and spray painted chest.

My foyer was still painted gross gold from 2002, so I decided to paint my foyer Revere Pewter along with the rest of my house.  I wanted to repaint the wood chest, and for some reason I just grabbed a can of silver spray paint, drug the chest out the front door, and sprayed away. Even though I have read many blog post about spray painting furniture, I was sure that it would look horrible, and I would be sanding it and repainting it. I was shocked that it looked beautiful. I have been repainting furniture for years, and I was so surprised that the chest looked just like it was store bought this color.

I made over my foyer with paint, and I repainted the chest with spray paint.

I had planned on painting the drawers, but I placed them back in the chest to see how it looked, and  I loved the look of the wood with the silver.

I have been using the spray painted chest for a year now, and I have to say that the paint job still looks beautiful.  I am not sure that I would spray paint a piece of furniture that is used a lot, like a table, but since this is a foyer piece, it is perfect. 

I made over my foyer with a coat of paint and spray painted the wood chest.

I spray painted the mirror over the chest silver, so they would match. I purchased a small bench and small chandelier at the thrift store. I made the artwork and pillows for a fresh updated room. 

My chest makeover with spray paint is a quick and easy way to update a piece of furniture.

 

 

Comments

  2. Jessica says

    This looks really beautiful! I have little kids, so I know all about how easily furniture gets scratched and banged up around here. I also really love the mirror that you have hanging over the chest!

  5. Linda at Mixed Kreations says

    Your chest turned out beautiful! I’ve never tried spray painting furniture before, and I’m not good at spray painting anyway. I get in a hurry and the paint runs. Love your added touches with the bench and pillows, welcoming and beautiful entryway.

  7. Charlotte says

    I love the colour! this would go really well in our house, I love a shiny finish! and the different colour drawers keeps it from being too much!

  8. Gina says

    Love how this DIY turned out! It looks like a completely different piece of furniture!! You really dressed it up and I love how it looks in that room. This really makes me want to paint the furniture that I have lying around.

  9. Nikki Frank-Hamilton says

    Sherry, I love this, a curvy bomb chest is one of the things I would really love to own. I am a silver girl so this is right up my alley, you did a great job on the chest, and the entire entryway! Love it!

  10. Rhonda says

    The chest looks fabulous spray painted silver! I really like the contrasting wood drawers! Your entry is so fresh and pretty! …coming from Show and Share! ~Rhonda

  14. Lela says

    This is so pretty! You did a great job! Thank you for sharing at Inspiration Thursday. See you tonight at 9 for another party!

  15. Mrs. AOK says

    This came out gorgeous!! I love it! I have a star in my living room that I want to spray paint, but i’m afraid I’ll ruin it, but this gives me hope. 🙂
    Visiting by way of Michelle’s Party at My Place 🙂
    XOXO

    • Sherry says

      Thank you. I googled how to spray paint furniture, and I read to spray a very light coat first and try not to cover it completely then keep doing light coats until covered instead of trying to paint it in one heavy coat. That worked!

  17. Julie says

    I think I’ve read those same blog posts telling me that spray painting furniture is a no no.
    I did successfully spray paint a tidy little MDF end table, like you I thought as it was something that didn’t matter too much it was ok to experiment.
    You chest looks amazing, I guess spray paint has it’s place after all, not for every makeover, but sometimes it is just perfect!

    • Sherry says

      Thanks Tuula! I have been linking up at your party, but I missed it this week. I just linked up now. Thanks!

      • Tuula says

        That’s awesome Sherry! I love this makeover and I pinned it on my own board and on our group board. Thanks so much for sharing at Vintage Charm.

  19. Sam says

    The shape of this chest is beautiful, you have really brought it up to date with your makeover. I like the fact you have left the natural wood with the pretty details as a contrast.

  20. Michelle says

    Sherry, lovely work. Looks like a brand new chest. It changes the whole look of your foyer. Very talented you are. So happy you shared at Party at My Place this week.

  21. Betsy says

    I absolutely agree with your idea of buying scratched and well-loved furniture… there’s nothing worse than walking on egg-shells in your own home! Thanks for linking up at Welcome Home Wednesdays… I loved your post so much I’m sharing it tomorrow in my Fantastic Finds Round-Up! I can’t wait to see what you share with us next week!

  26. Christie says

    Thanks so much for stopping by to party at Totally Terrific Tuesday Link Party and sharing your post. Your chest makeover is stunning!! Have a fabulous rest of the week!

  27. Christine at Must Love Home says

    Loved your project!! You have been Pinned, Tweeted and Posted to Facebook! Congratulations -Your post will be featured this week at the Friday Favorites Link Party. The party goes LIVE on Thursdays at 7PM at mustlovehome.com. I hope to see your there! Hugs – Christine at Must Love Home

  28. Amy says

    This is beautiful, Sherry! Just letting you know that I’ll be featuring it tonight on Best of The Weekend! Hope you’ll be back to link up again!

  30. Pili says

    Love using spray paint, it is so fast to update furniture with it. Brilliant you made it two toned!
    Thanks for sharing with us at #2usestuesday

  32. Harold Wolf says

    I would LOVE LOVE LOVE this! We are just getting ready to move into our first house (we’ve been renting) and I have a TON of projects in my line up, the first being an old bench almost exactly like the one in your photo! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

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