Each piece was primed with 2 coats of Glidden's Gripper primer tinted a couple shades lighter than the top coat color.
The I painted each piece with 2-3 coats of the top coat, a custom Porter Paint color. I have the formula if anyone is interested. It is a really rich brown/black.
I allowed each piece to dry and cure for a week (our southern humidity makes it take longer). After they were thoroughly dry, I took like sandpaper and distressed the edges and details to give it the aged affect you see.
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| After-Entertainment Center |
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| Before-Entertainment Center |
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| After-Fireplace Surround |
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| Before-Fireplace Surround Sorry the afters are "before", I have been having a hard time with blogger today! |
12 comments:
Beautiful! I love the affect of the 2 tones - adds so much more depth! Your fireplace is just beautiful!
Wow! Such a great job, well worth the effort! I love how rich the color is and the effect of the distressing. Regarding blogger- I started using Windows Live Writer to write my posts and upload my pictures- it is soooo much faster/easier than blogger. You can do more with the pictures too. It's a free download on the internet.
The fireplace looks AMAZING! Beautiful job on both of them!!
Love the transformation!!!! The fireplace is beautiful!!! and the entertainment unit looks much more substantial :)
Love it!
Love the site and your style!
Very nice, I love the dark paint! I have a mixture of dark and white furniture, and lots of raw wood trim that needs paint in the house everywhere, still not sure what to do about that. I like the contrast of the dark, hmmm you've given me something to think about!
xo
Heidi - Heart and Home
I like the "Afters" so much better! The *new* entertainment storage system is fabulous! Thank you for the visit to my blog earlier. :) Hope you'll come back again soon!
Wow I love it! Such an amazingly huge transformation! :D fantastic job!
This looks great! I love both , but the fireplace blew me away!
Please share the paint formula...it's a great color.
I love this makeover! Great color choice, looks like a totally different mantel. great job!
Londen
I love a good before and after and these are great! Thanks so much for visiting me!
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