Glad Friday, buddies! Within the occasion you adjust to alongside on Instagram, you already know I tackled a easy DIY mission this week. I painted a bar cart and wanted to share the best way it turned out! I moreover acquired a TON of questions on painting laminate by means of IG messages, so I figured I’d put up a quick and easy painting tutorial. I’m no stranger to furnishings makeovers and am glad to share what has labored properly for me. Click on on via to check it out!
*Although this publish simply is not sponsored, I am a Sherwin-Williams mannequin ambassador and bought complimentary paint for this mission. All content material materials, ideas, and phrases are my private.
I picked up a superb low value ($10) bar cart from an aged girl in our neighborhood. I’m pretty sure she was using it for her TV or microwave. I was enthusiastic about turning it proper right into a bar cart of varieties.
Sort of low value and ugly wanting, correct? I favored that the cart had every open and closed storage, good clear strains, woven door panels, and brass {{hardware}} & casters, nevertheless I wasn’t right into a finances laminate picket. Argh. The only and most value environment friendly methodology to restore that? Paint.
Since so lots of you could possibly have had questions on painting laminate, I’m going to share a quick step-by-step tutorial…
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Step 1 // Take away the {{hardware}}. I always begin by eradicating the {{hardware}} with a small screwdriver.
Step 2 // Sand furnishings. Subsequent, I roughly (and quickly) sanded the entire bar cart… merely ample to powerful up the ground, so that the paint can adhere greater.
Step 3 // Prep and begin painting. Now it’s time to paint! I wiped the piece down very properly, then used a foam cabinet and door roller to make use of THIN delicate coats of paint. For the edges and hard to achieve areas, I used a small paintbrush. I allowed ample time for the paint to dry in between coats (45 minutes to an hour) so that it cures correctly. The essential factor to painting laminate furnishings that has sturdiness and longevity is to utilize a top quality, self-leveling paint and apply it in skinny layers. I painted 4 to five coats sooner than I known as this bar cart accomplished. Keep in mind our earlier laminate nightstands? We nonetheless have them, use them, and they also aren’t scuffed or chipped the least bit… and that’s even after an unlimited switch. I used the equivalent methodology on those- no primer wished!
Step 4 // Reinstall the {{hardware}}. Subsequent, screw the {{hardware}} once more onto the piece as quickly because it’s totally dry and cured.
That’s the method it turned out… so so much higher! I bought the cart for $10 and with a recent coat of paint, it seems new and classy:
Within the occasion you’re enthusiastic about further furnishings makeovers, attempt the following:
Any curiosity in seeing how I style my newly painted bar cart? I can pop that proper right into a weblog publish later this month, when you occur to’d like! I’ve some pretty new barware to point off. It’s possible you’ll as properly uncover a giant roundup of my favorite inexperienced paint colors on this publish– which contains Dard Hunter Inexperienced SW 0041. Must know one different pleasurable actuality? I discovered that’s actually the Sherwin-Williams Shade of the Month! It’s pretty good that I held onto this issue until October to paint it. Haha! Kismet timing, I suppose.
PS… I hope you ignored the plastic hanging throughout the doorway pictured all by way of this publish. Keep in mind, it’s One Room Downside season and we’re residing in a dusty mess! Solely a healthful dose of actuality for y’all. Renovating isn’t all it’s cracked as a lot as be. Haha! Have an beautiful weekend!