Knots and All

I try not to be afraid of painting wood.  Pine isn't the prettiest wood but the seat on this bench is so substantial and beautiful, knots and all.  After hours of sanding to find it, I couldn't paint it.  The rest of the bench shows off nicely in a colonial red with a dark wax 

Red Redo

 This cabinet came with my sister's house.  It is half wood and half mdf and therefore weighs 500 lbs (maybe a little less).  It wasn't being used and my cousin needed a TV console.  See how it works in my family?  I painted it inside and out because naked mdf looks like...  mdf.  It's cute now!  Oil rubbed bronze on the hardware, a colonial red paint and a tiny bit of distressing, sealed in my homemade Jacobean wax. It looks right at home in my cousin's 200 year old Cape! 

I painted the inside white and green.  It's clean and a little unexpected fun.