I picked up this cute little buffet through a Facebook ad a couple of years ago. I needed something in the dining room and wanted a buffet with intricate legs and farmhouse character. It was a distressed white finish when I bought it, and I liked it that way, but I needed a change so I just recently transformed it into this farmhouse style gray buffet.
Here’s the original buffet, against the wood wall in our dining room.
When I’m painting furniture I often use chalk paint or milk paint, but this time I didn’t use either of those. When I painted the cabinets in my laundry room I really fell in love with the matte finish on the cabinets. I liked how they looked with no sheen and no distressing.
This isn’t a true tutorial, because I probably should have sanded this a bit better before I started. So you should probably sand the paint off a bit more than I did.
I tested the paint on the top and when it looked so great, I just started painting. I took off the doors and hardware, lightly sanded the piece and then painted over the chalk paint.
While I had the piece taken apart, Mike made an extra shelf for each cupboard. It really maximized the space. I added shelf liner I found from walmart.
This is the paint that I used. I had it mixed in Benjamin Moore Kendall Charcoal, the same color as my laundry room cabinets and door.
After I painted it I used a water based polyurethane on the top to seal it. I kept all of the hardware the same.
I absolutely adore how this little gray buffet turned out. It’s so sweet and fun. It looks perfect against the freshly painted white wall.
The dining room looks completely different and all we did was paint the wall and the buffet!! Its amazing what a difference paint can make.
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There are so many ways to paint furniture, and so many shades of gray. If you need more inspiration visit my post with 25 pieces of gray furniture.
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Please bring this to my house. I need a piece like this for my dinning room!!! #dreamteam
Your buffet came out so beautiful. The paint color I am swooning over!! Pinned! I’d luv to invite you to share it with us at Wall to Wall DIY Wednesday! Best, Ann
What a beautiful piece. The gray brings out the shape even more than the white. Beautiful!
#Pitstop
It came out great.Grey is such an “in” colour right now.
Looks so awesome! Thanks for sharing at the To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and More link party. I pinned this. Hope to see you again next week.
I am so jealous! I would love a piece like this is my dining room (either white or gray I’m not choosy lol) It really does pop against that white wall! Great job:) And thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm! Pinned! xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
This looks so beautiful. I love grey. Thanks for bringing it to the #DreamTeam
Hope to see you again and please do remember to include the badge when you link up
I will admit that gray had to grow on me but now I’m in love with it. Seriously been considering using it for a piece of furniture and now you have convinced me. LOVE this! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday.
that’s awesome! I hope you’ll post it in my FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/CentsibleChateauDIYCommunity
What a lovely transformation. Thanks for sharing at the Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make Party.
I loved the white, but the gray looks fabulous too! I am featuring this post today at TFT. Thanks for sharing!
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thank you!
Congrats, Heather! I’ve chosen your project as Vintage Charm Party’s Feature of the Month for September! The feature will be shared at tomorrow morning’s Vintage Charm Party #153. Hope to see you there! We go live at 7:00 am CST.
(Not sure if you know this but you were also featured two weeks ago as my weekly feature at Vintage Charm Party #151:
http://www.ourhopefulhome.com/2018/09/vintage-charm-party-151.html#more )
Congrats! xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
Tell me about your shiplap wall 😍