Primitive Red Bench

I found this piano bench at my favorite flea market last week.  It was an old wooden bench with a lot of crazing and dings.  I knew immediately I wanted to do my deep red finish on it which is one of my favorite finishes and it goes great with a country French decor.

 

My husband painted the base coat for me of colonial red by Rustoleum.  It used to be part of their American Accents line, but they have changed the name.  You can purchase the color at Home Depot and it comes in spray and brush on.  This is a true blue red, not orangy at all.

Once that was done, I used one of my Maison de Stencils grain sack stencils and stenciled with light ivory acrylic paint.  I then masked off my stripes to widen the look of the image and make it more like a French grain sack.

Once I completed the painting process, I took my sander and shabbied the whole piece exposing some of the dark wood below.  Then I used Minwax jacobean stain and wiped a heavy layer of stain over the whole bench to give it even more of an aged look.

I really wanted to bring out the imperfections of this piece to show the beautiful aged state the bench was in when I found it.  Below is the bench as it looked in its original state.

And here you see it with a decorative finish on it. 

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