Upcycling Furniture

[LiE]

Anyone else here like to do a bit of upcycling? I've recently finished doing a wardrobe for my wife.

Purchased for £20 off gumtree. Cost of about £40 in materials but have left over for more projects.

Before eek:

After cool:

Next up are some matching bed side tables, picked up for £20 - not bad for pine.

Other project is a rustic coffee table with a new top made from old scaffolding boards.

Please feel free to share your own projects.

 

[Participant]

Wardrobe looks nice. What paint / painting techniques did you use?

 

[the_r_sole]

"Upcycling" - what a load of pretentious hipster bull!
It's called recycling like it always has been!

 

[LiE]

Wardrobe looks nice. What paint / painting techniques did you use?

We first whacked on a base of off white paint then a coat of Paris grey Annie Sloan finished off with a layer of Annie Sloan clear wax. The chalk paint is amazing. The bed side tables will just use the Annie Sloan no base white paint needed.

"Upcycli
ng" - what a load of pretentious hipster bull!
It's called recycling like it always has been!

Get over yourself.