Help required to revamp Baltic pine bedroom furniture!
buchlo
8 years ago
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (13)
jlouise31
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
We had same problem with heavy dark colonial bedroom furniture we stripped it all back painted drawers and cupboards in antique white ,lime washed the tops and added new drawer pulls I now love it again looks very French provincial
buchlo thanked jlouise31Related Discussions
Ideas on how to furnish with floral carpet
Comments (258)Hi Kathy, so thrilled to hear my comments got you started thinking of the big picture, it has been a pleasure working with this. When you are starting totally from scratch like this it is easy to become too close to the issues and the brain becomes overloaded so you can't see the woods for the trees. I think this is also a classic example of why I always tell people to live in a house for a year before beginning to decorate, as hard as it is to be patient and wait, you do need to get the feel for a house and relate your lifestyle to it. I do like your idea of splitting the room into two areas, the room looks big enough to give you this option, and to me intimate spaces within a room create a more welcoming and homely feel. When you have a good idea of the furniture you would like, put what you have in the room and measure anything else before you buy it, use newspaper or cardboard boxes the size of the pieces and put them around the room to ensure you are going to get the desired result. It can be so easy to over or under estimate just how much space furniture will take up. Sorry the green lounge in the study didn't work out, but glad this has helped you see options. Just my personal opinion, one of my joeys had a lovely old grandfather clock in her lounge room and while it was a beautiful piece of furniture to look at, I just found it a little on the intrusive side - with its constant chiming it just didn't make the room feel relaxing, one was just so aware of the passing of time. Of course this can be advantageous when certain rellies visit. She ended up moving hers to her entrance foyer where it was a stand out feature and the lounge room became so much more relaxing. Love to see some photos of your landscaping....See MoreShould I paint my Baltic pine kitchen . Would a milk effect look good
Comments (9)Hi, I would paint it with chalk paint, no sanding ( I use Annie Sloan - not available at Bunnings ) have a look at purple lady painting tip page, the best I have read. I use the soft clear wax to seal. I really like the depth of the paint. You could leave the bench wood or replace, I wouldn't use chalk paint on bench top, or any other paint. Chalk paint is expensive but saves priming and sanding so maybe more comparable when you do that sum. Changing the knobs will give a revamp as well. If you do choose an Annie Sloan paint and want white use the antique white, it has much better coverage than the pure white. I buy the paint on line as my nearest stockist is 160 kms from where I live. I use correct brushes as well, very expensive but I do take very good care of them, I was them out in softly and gently scrub down the bristles with a soft scrubbing brush...See MoreCLOSED: Vote & Comment to win a Sheridan Gift Pack (RRP $750)
Comments (111)COMPETITION CLOSED! Thank you all for voting & commenting in our Sheridan Gift Pack Competition! Please see the winner here. Congratulations to our winner & Happy Mother's Day to all our wonderful Houzz mums!...See MoreHow to revamp your classic Edwardian home – before & after
Comments (4)The bathroom transformation is amazing! The mirror you chose was a great option! Thanks, the Clipsal team...See Morebuchlo
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agobuchlo
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
hildagabrielli
7 years agoI have the same issue. Bedroom furniture is good quality, made in Australia by Burgess furniture, but quite dark stained. The whole room looks dated (and the pelmetted curtains replete with tie-backs don't help!) The whitewash top is a great idea. I have antique white built in wardrobes, so antique white chalk paint would really modernise the look, yet give it a provincial feel. Not sure if the black metal curlicue in the headboard would be too overwhelming with the paint though. The handles on the bedsides are also black metal, which I think would look nice against the pale paint. Any thoughts?
wuff
7 years ago
Tribbletrouble44152k7 Trek
7 years agohildagabrielli
7 years agowuff
7 years ago
wuff