How to Paint Your Furniture Cottage Style?

How to Paint Your Furniture Cottage Style?

Painting your furniture Cottage Style is a great way to change the look of your home and incorporate the “beachy” and bright feeling of summer. The trend of painted furniture is growing and becoming more popular. One of the big appeals is the DIY aspects of the design and the fact that you can still customize the look you want with the colors that match your taste and the style of the house. The concept of painting your wood furniture cottage style is different because instead of the neutral colors of wood, you can paint them into bright or pastel colors and bring the outdoors in with colors. In addition to painted wood, Cottage furniture can be achieved with combining the wood paint with beautiful fabrics that have floral designs; bird designs are also popular for Cottage Style fabrics.

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If you have wooden furniture that you want to paint and make it Cottage Style, here are some step by step instructions on the best way to paint wood furniture to achieve the smooth and brilliant color splashes that you desire for your Cottage Style design:

7 Steps to Paint Wooden Cottage Style Furniture:

Step One: Remove any old paint or even gloss that is on the furniture with a paint remover. For safety, remember to do this in an open air environment and use a mask and goggles.

Step Two:Thoroughly clean the furniture with wooden furniture cleaner like Murphy’s Oil or similar brands. This protects the wood furniture from cracking and the paint will not chip. If your furniture has separate pieces, such as drawers or bed posts, take them apart in preparation for painting them separately.

Step Three: Remove any bumps or ridges on the wood. Use medium-grit sandpaper to sand away imperfections in the wood.  Your new paint will now have a clean and smooth surface to adhere to.

Cottage Style Furniture

Step Four: Prime the cleaned and sanded wood in preparation for painting.  This also helps to further hide any imperfections in the wood since some woods have color striations that you do not want showing through the color of the paint. This also gives the paint a good smooth surface; however, this step might be able to be eliminated if your paint is a paint and primer in one.

Step Five: After the primer dries, sand the surface with fine-grit sandpaper. You will find this extra step really will achieve a professional painted look. This is an important step if your furniture is subject to a lot of wear and tear because this extra step ensures that you will not have to worry about the paint cracking, chipping or fading into the future.

Step Six: It is now time to paint! After your first coat of paint, let it dry thoroughly and sand with the fine-grit sandpaper in between each coat. At least two coats of paint are recommended.

Step Seven: Once your last coat of paint has dried. Wait a full 24 to 48 hours and then use a good quality paint sealer. That seals the deal on a professional and long lasting beautiful paint job; and you have Cottage Style furniture that will last through the test of time.