how to lime wash this desk?

10 months ago

Hello!

I’ve bought this table to restore for my daughter, I’m thinking of the lime wash affect.
Any ideas of how to do this? Process and what to use?
Thanks

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Jonathan

10 months ago

I also think it’s a pity to change it. However even the most lovely furniture sells for very little at auction so you might as well make it work for you.

Limewash is not a bad choice because you don’t need much preparation. Give it a good wash down first, paint it with a brush, choose a cooler day to do it because it looks better if allowed to dry slowly.

However I think I might look at Milk paint. Great environmental credentials, more colour choices, and you can apply just a wash, then if you want more depth of colour apply extra layers (with a light sand between coats). And details in the furniture can be highlighted at the end with an antique wax.

Please post a pic of the finished product

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Lisa Townsend
10 months ago
I wouldn’t touch it. It’s a beautiful table. If you MUST do something with it, perhaps a decal would work on the top? Then you could remove it later and no harm done. Unless of course it is so badly damaged you’ve no choice but to upcycle.
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Sonia
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It’s beautiful and I wouldn’t touch it, but there you go!
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I love it too, and rather than ruin it with paint finishes (they are MUCH harder to do than they look on social media) maybe try simply putting a lovely piece of fabric or wallpaper under a glass top. It’s easy and quite cheap to get a glass safety top cut by a local glazier. You see the top of a table much more than the sides.
chloeloves
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It sounds like what you want to achieve is to tone down the orange ness of the finish which I would agree with. However you have 2 types of wood there on the legs and trim which could be oak and would lime wash well and the top and drawer fronts which are either solid or wood laminate maybe chestnut and will not respond the same as the rest of the table. Can you post close up photos ?
Anny Banny
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I think the top and drawers might be veneer which won't limewash as that involves getting white into the grain. It works best with woods like solid oak. I've seen those kind of tables look well painted navy, almost black or other dark colours in a nice eggshell finish.

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