Next we painted the table bronze. It took about three to four coats to cover the primer. I own a bronze table! How fun. Of course, I believe it took several years off of my life. After painting I felt funny. I don't think it's good to inhale copper and zinc. Luckily, Mike says I won't get brain damage. Just maybe weird growths.
Next, we sprayed black patina onto it (also not good for inhalation). It causes the natural oxidizing of metal to occur, just at an extremely accelerated rate. It was scary to do it, not having any idea what we were doing or how it would look or if we were destroying our table. But here it is thus far:
I think we'll still darken it up some more tomorrow (it's hard to see what it really looks like without natural light!), and then we still will add several top coats of polyurethane.
We also still have to paint the legs; I'm considering painting them black and then potentially just glazing/highlighting them with some bronze paint. Partly so that they match the chairs, which I'm thinking of painting black, and partly because bronze paint is stinking expensive! Any thoughts? Also I'll be re-covering the chairs, and I need to choose fabric. Thoughts?
4 comments:
I think black legs and black chairs would be AWESOME with that table - no bronzing even necessary, in my opinion. They may end up looking too opposite, you know? The black would really stand out. And for fabric, maybe use that to get in the bronze-y color. Look for something bronze and black. Or just black :) I can't wait to see the pics in natural light! This looks incredible. Can we still come visit you again sometime now that your house is all fancified?
Looks great! I agree with painting the table legs and chairs black, maybe with an enamel. Maybe you can find some fabric with black and bronzy stripes, that would look classy!
I love the idea of black legs--you know I love black for everything. As for the fabric to recover--I think you should do something artsy. You could find a print that will bring in a color that you love. Since many of the colors in your house are neutrals, you can go wilder on the chairs!
Sarah, please do come down and see it--and bring Emery!
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