I was raised NEVER to even CONSIDER painting wood. We stripped wood, we didn't paint it. So what did I do recently? I painted an old waterfall style buffet which I use as a dresser.
I don't have before pictures, but it was once a really pretty piece, with bookmatched walnut veneers. It was given to me by friends who found it in the attic of the house they bought. It had gotten dripped on by rain through some roof leaks and the veneers on each end were bubbly and broken. I still used it as it was for quite a few years. I had to replace the door hardware but found some vintage door pulls that were a great match.
I'm sorry, I don't have a "before" picture.... Duh.
Anyway, I decided I had lived too long with the broken icky veneers. I was redoing our room in lighter colors and it was this big dark blob of walnuttiness in the corner, absorbing light. So I got brave and painted it.
I didn't prep the surface, and the old varnish did this on my first coat of paint:
I thought, wow, I love that!
I ended up keeping it. The two doors on the ends have more paint on them so they are not as crackly as the rest, but look at all that. I kept the old hardware.
I covered the whole thing with a clear acrylic to protect it, as the latex paint layer was fragile. It's now a sturdy finish and much lighter and brighter to go with the room.
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