Anything On Paper
This blog is for sharing my doodles, sketches and journal entries on my moleskine.
Oh, I ramble about music, travel, home improvement and food too.
The couch arrived this weekend and it fit perfectly into the family room. Aaaaah! New couch that can fit three to four people! I was thrilled to have it placed in the middle of the family room and discovering that it was the exact measurement of the space that it was meant for. I was trying to get used to the new sofa when I realized the shelf that we had in the middle of the room was still not painted nor varnished. Pencil marks are still visible on the custom-made shelf and I didn’t know how we got to this point where the shelf was apparently still unfinished but we’re already using it. I blame it on the fact that we’ve got too much stuff—books, CDs, DVDs and other random things that needed to be stashed somewhere. Looking at that shelf, it was exactly during that time that I thought: What if I painted this myself?
So I started doing some reading and watched several tutorials about painting furniture. It sounds like it’s an easy job:
- Remove any screws and door hinges (if there are any)
- Sand the wood
- Clean the surface
- Add primer
- Paint
- Let the whole thing dry
But of course I knew it wasn’t that simple. And given that the shelf that I wanted to paint was ginormous, I knew I couldn’t do it without any extra pair of hands. Future Faye will worry about that. Anyway, today I just did the first step.
I bought paint.
My mom, brother, sister and I went to True Value to buy some dog food and we saw a sign about a paint sale. I was openly talking to mom about painting the furniture, and my brother suggested that I take advantage of the sale. If I’m going to push through with the project, I will need to buy paint at some point, why not buy it now?
And so my sister and I picked a shade that would complement our place but would also put in a tiny pop of color. Our furniture is mostly made of narra, so the whole tone of the place is warm so we picked this color called “Straw Hat” which was basically light yellow. It looked good with chocolate brown which was the color of the couch that I recently bought.
Kuya started mixing the colorants with the base paint.
So this is it. A start of a new project. I’m gonna have to plan a schedule for making this happen and gather more ideas on how to spruce up that shelf. Hopefully when our help Kuya Munding becomes available, I can kick start it already. I bought the paint and I would need to follow through with this makeover. Who knows, it could come in handy when I decorate my own apartment!
Here are some links I’ve been getting some ideas from:
