But after a little elbow grease I got it looking like this,
and then after a little more grease it went to this,
Not bad for $2! It turned out to be a great looking shelving unit. I actually like the gray weathered look of the wood now. But, I do have plans to paint it in the future. I am leaning towards an apple green paint color, or maybe red... or maybe a high gloss orange? What color would you paint it? Or would you leave it the weathered gray look? Please leave a comment with you color choice! Thanx : )
Okay, here's my proverbial two cents. I'm usually all about painting stuff, but now that I see this piece reassembled I'm kind of in love with the weathered wood. I might go for a water-based stain first to get the piece of new wood used to repair the bottom to a similar color as the rest of the piece. Then I'd do a colored water-based stain over the whole thing. Minwax has a color called Slate with a white tint base that would be really pretty. Or maybe their White Wash Pickling Stain. Check them out here:
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This would probably work beautifully, as the porous wood looks like it will take stain very well.
I like where you are going with this! Do I know you or something! heehee : )
ReplyDeletewhat a find! it turned out great...I know this is an older post but I would leave it weathered, maybe just use some paste wax to bring out the luster
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