Hi my sweet reinventor friends!
Today is Themed Furniture Makeover Day for November. Still one of my favorite days of every month.
If you’d like to see previous themed furniture makeovers, go here.
This month’s theme is storage, and I’m excited to share a project I recently finished for a friend.
Yeah, the engineer wondered why I don’t work on storage in OUR house too. ;)
Here’s what I started with. My friend wanted to use this bench in her foyer, adding seating and a little stylish storage too. She wanted to update the color, so she purchased some Maison Blanche Vintage Furniture Paint in Hurricane and sweetly asked me to paint it for her.
I had never used Hurricane before, it’s kind of a putty gray color, and I loved it after one coat.
After two coats and a little drying time, I sanded it smooth, and wiped on a coat of Annie Sloan Clear Wax. For a little color and extra protection, I added second coat of wax also, this time using Maison Blanche Dark Antiquing Wax.
Here’s the finished bench.
It’s kind of hard to see the antiquing wax in a photo, so I tried darkening it up a bit.
And her close up.
Thank you so much for visiting today for Themed Furniture Makeover Day!
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Have fun checking out all of the other awesome furniture makeovers below, and I’ll see you back here tomorrow for a fun Christmas Ornament Blog Hop AND our Inspired By You Weekly Features! Two posts on a Friday, go me! ;)
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Love the classic color and I’m sure that bench will be enjoyed for a great many years. Great job, Kimm!
Larissa ~ Prodigal Pieces recently posted…Pottery Barn Knock-Off Caden Bench
It is amazing what a coat of paint can do! You took this from a boring piece to a show-stopper!!!
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You did a great job on that lovely bench! A little antiquing wax went a long way and added nice depth. Pretty!
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Your friend is going to love the bench! It’s beautiful, Kimm. Love the color and the character the antiquing wax gave it.
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Wow I love how the paint brings out all the pretty details in this piece! Beautifully done! XO
Now that it’s nice and updated, your friend is going to love it for a long time to come! Nicely done.
Kimm, what a great color for the bench. It will look great in any season. I haven’t tried the dark wax over the clear yet, but I plan on trying it now! Thank you for joining the tour.
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Love the color of the bench – your friend must have been so pleased with the makeover Kimm!
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LOVE that color! This is gorgeous! I’m sure your friend absolutely loved it :)
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I absolutely love how this turned out!!! Great job!
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Thank you sweet friend!!
Beautiful! I know that your friend was thrilled when she saw this piece. Love the color that she chose and how you brought out the details with the darker wax.
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The bench turned out so pretty in that color and I always hove how dark wax brings out the details in a piece.
Good Morning Kimm…love your bench and the Hurricane color…I’ll have to find a place to use it.
BTW…we must be related! I love chai tea and the lattes at Starbucks are my special splurge. My grocery store has a Starbucks inside it and strolling the aisles with a chai tea latte makes the whole grocery shopping experience almost enjoyable! PLUS, while I may not love the Buckeyes as much as you do (I am a Nittany Lion) I am married to a man who wears Scarlet and Gray 360 out of 365 days a year. Needless to say, he’s a little blue these past couple of days. I told him he needs to learn from me…I’m getting rather zen about my football team playing poorly.
Can’t wait to see your next project!
Have a great day, Lynn
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Hi Lynn, thank you so much for stopping by! Wow, we’re practically twins! ;) I make my chai tea lattes at home most of the time (with Tazo Chai Tea concentrate, the same thing Starbucks uses), but I agree, a latte from Starbucks makes any shopping experience better! :) We are pretty sad about Saturday too, so tell your husband we’re mourning with him. I woke up Sunday morning hoping it was all a bad dream. I guess it’s a good thing to not be used to losing. :) I’m excited to check out your blog, I’ll be right over!
That is one beautiful bench. I really like the color you chose. I noticed y ou used 2 coats of wax. The second coat adds depth to the pieces and takes it to the next level.
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Thank you so much Mary! I also noticed that using a clear coat of wax first helps the dark wax to go on smooth and more evenly. Happy Thanksgiving!
Lovely seat. Sometimes when i walk in the park i love the type of benches they have. I wanna put them in my garden.
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Lovely seat. Sometimes when i walk in the park i love the type of benches they have. I wanna put them in my garden.
I am in love with this bench! I really liked the color! and those deep shades have really made me to try this one out!
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A themed furniture concept is an interesting one. The nautical whale dresser almost looks iconic.
Hey Kimm,
Great job, Lovely color of bench. I love classic colors and definitely Your friend also love this bench.