New poster to the site, wanting to see how long everyone else has been creating or building their own furniture. Whether it is an OCD condition or me being a scrooge with spending money, I can never seem to buy furniture.
"It would be cheaper for me to just build that" is the quote i always find myself saying and is the start for many disagreements between my gf and I. In a toast to this, I love seeing pieces that other people have built for themselves.
If any of you have pieces you would like to show, be my guest!
Enjoy.
Adirondack chair I made for my fathers birthday.
I didn't quite build a piece from scratch but picked up a solid wood credenza, made in the USA, and proceeded to turn it into a coastal piece with various soft layers of paints and finishes. I really love it. It came out looking almost like metal. It seems to be a cross between contemporary and coastal. What do you think?
Amy from ACJ Studios
I like the finish you did. Care to share the steps taken and colors used?
Duane Collie
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Thank you! I used some creams and greiges and turned them into chalk paint by adding plaster and water. I scrubbed with wire brushes and sanded in between coats. For the finish on this one I used polycrylic layers. The photos give this piece a more yellow look but it's really very soft and tonal in regular light. Oh, I also buffed the brass hardware...
Amy from ACJ Studios