Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Come. Sit. Let's Reminisce!

Who remembers this bench?

This was my mothers bench that resided in the kitchen beneath the wall mounted telephone.

I don't recall where she got it or when she got it, just seems to have always been there.

She painted it a couple times over the years.

Well, I've had this bench in my basement for quite some time now. It's been somewhat buried holding stacks of boxes full of family pictures.


It was time to pull this jewel out, revitalize and give her a new purpose.

I had a location in mind, which helped in deciding on the colors and decorations.

First step was sanding, however, the vibrating sanders of which I have a bunch, only worked so well.  As you can see below, this was the best I could get.  I had been hoping to remove all the purple paint, even tried a chemical stripper, but that didn't work too well either -


So, I gave up on trying to strip it completely and moved to the painting.  I chose tan (looks more white in the pics but it's more brownish in person), which is the same color that my kitchen, living room and hallways are all painted in. I already had the paint too. I needed to apply (3) coats to completely hide the purple from bleeding through -


The second color I chose was a forest green, which is the color of my master bedroom where this bench has been earmarked for.  I struggled with how to add this second color and went with painting several of the spindles and adding some stripping -


I found some flowery stickers to accent with and that also matched the color scheme too, so I incorporated some of them -


The finished product accented with a green pillow and my grandmothers knitted throw blanket with her initials EVF -


All in all I'm pleased with the end results and super happy to have finally brought this bench back to life and placed it where I can see it every day.  It reminds me of my mom and brings back some wonderful memories

#Blessed

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