David Reeves writes:

 

Groop,

 

Here are some pics of a recent project I worked on where the pie safe came in already painted and distressed, and I used it as the base coats to accomplish the final look, I used  interior wall paint from HD and Burnt umber and Van Dyke brown glaze and finished off with a satin CAB acrylic lacquer.  It sat in my front room at my shop for three weeks and I could have sold it ten times over, the interest was that high.

 

This is the pie safe when it cam in the  shop, I did not want to strip it, and thankfully they wanted it painted.

 

 

 

this is the first coat of a light green base coat.

 

 

 

second coat of a slightly different shade of green with orange highlights, that initially looked a little odd, but really looked great at the end.

 

 

 

This was the final product, with two coats of glaze and three coats of medium rubbed CAB acrylic lacquer,

 

 

 

David Reeves
Knoxville, TN