So many times we have a piece of furniture we really like, live with for years, and then one day realize that it needs serious updating. That is how I feel about the bench that sits at the end of our bed in the master bedroom. I didn’t realize how badly it needed an update until I was photographing the room earlier this year we we updated the wall color and window treatments.
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The bench itself is awesome, the problem is it doesn’t go well against our bed. And I love this giant sleigh bed and have no intention of getting rid of it for a bench. So my solution … give the bench a paint job!
Matt helped me get the bench downstairs into the garage and then helped me put up our HomeRight spray shelter. Once all of that was set up (a whole 5 minutes later) I prepped the paint in the Finish Max Sprayer and was ready to go! Well, after I dusted the years of dust in all the cracks on the bench that is.
Okay, so if you haven’t figured it out I was pretty pregnant when I was working on this project so to be safe I decided to sport the proper respirator to keep me and the baby both safe! In fact the day after I got done painting the bench my waters broke, which is also why it has taken me a month to get this project up on the site for all of you to enjoy! It took me two coats of paint to get the proper coverage and then one coat of poly to seal it up good.
I used the sprayer to put the coat of poly on as well, gotta protect it from the kiddos. Josslyn is obsessed with climbing all over it in the mornings!
When you say you “prepped” the paint for your sprayer, what exactly, does that mean? I tried putting my home made chalk paint thru it & it wouldn’t go. Would love that paint shelter!!
The spray shelter would be perfect for painting out on my deck!
I would use the sprayer for the mountain of projects that are awaiting me because I am too lazy to brush paint on them 🙂
I would use the HomeRight Finish Max HVLP to paint my kitchen cabinets.
Love the remake! And congrats on the new little one!
I would love to use this for painting my kitchen cabinets.
I would love to have this paint sprayer and shelter to use in my garage, as that is the only space we have for painting larger projects!!
To paint my patio furniture a fun summer color! 😀
some cabinets i need painted
What wouldn’t I use it for?
Omg I love this! I have been wanting a sprayer for years! But I get overwhelmed by all the choices of sprayera so I have done all my projects by hand instead…It seems you love this one and would surely recommend it! I would totally take on all of my “oh I can make that pretty” projects on with that awesome setup!! 🙂
This bench looks soooo much better in a lighter color! The spray shelters are the best for home projects especially furniture makeovers and crafts.