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it's kristen and welcome back to my
channel so today i'm going to be showing
you how to update a boring console to
something a little bit more modern
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here's a quick painter's guide to get
you through the process keep in mind
that sanding in between coats is the
best practice but i don't always have
time for that
first i'm going to start by cleaning out
my console
i definitely had a lot of unneeded junk
after my clean out this became valuable
space
these are the supplies you're going to
need to get started
so now i'm just going to put down a drop
cloth to make sure i don't get any paint
on the floor
i've learned that every time you think
you don't need it you probably do
but now you just want to clean the
surface i just took a damp cloth and
cleaned off everything
i usually go straight to sanding but i'm
trying to make sure i do all the proper
steps for you guys
now on to sanding which is probably the
most annoying part
i didn't have to do much sanding because
this console was already kind of rough
and unfinished
but i did want to focus on the big nicks
and dents i had in the wood to try to
get those smooth before painting
so now you're just going to clean off
the surface again with a damp cloth to
kind of remove all the sand dust
this step is important after you sand
because you don't want any debris mixing
with your paint
so now you need to choose what kind of
paint you're going to use i used water
base because
it was just a faster process and i do
not have all day to be painting the
console
so now you're going to pre-stain or
prime your furniture
i chose to go with the same brand but
another really good primer is
kills all purpose now you're going to
use a very fine
220 grit sandpaper
lightly sand the area and wipe the area
clean with the tack cloth
making sure to remove all of the primer
dust now we're going to give our console
some color i chose a water-based stain
in navy i used a stain versus a regular
water-based or
latex paint i chose a solid stain if you
want a more rustic look then you need to
go with semi-transparent
next we're going to paint the knobs but
if you can remove them by the screw in
the back
it's best to do that before painting but
i couldn't take mine off
excuse me my pizza was ready now you're
going to tape off
the areas you don't want the spray paint
to get onto
i'm looking back now i don't know if
this was absolutely
necessary because you're going to paint
over it anyway but it definitely just
made my job easier because i didn't have
to worry about
the paint adhering or covering over
the spray paint so i just did two coats
of the metallic spray paint
so now i'm just going to tape off the
area that is close to
where i'm going to be spray painting the
remainder of the knobs
so now i'm going to take my rust-oleum
metallic gold spray paint and spray
paint the rest of the knobs
so now i'm going to take my roller brush
and get started painting on my navy
paint
so as you can see my solid stain is
going on
pretty well it's really got great
coverage i'm not having to use a lot of
paint to get a good coverage
you don't want to glob too much paint on
you just want enough to cover the
surface because remember this is just
our first
coat the first coat is going to look a
little rough but after the second coat
you should start to see a nice smooth
coverage
don't panic if you mess up and get paint
where you don't want it
just keep a damp cloth handy so you can
wipe off the excess paint
another trick that worked really well
for me is using the sharp
edge of a scissors or a
knife and wrapping a damp cloth around
it to really get in those tight
tiny corners
it's probably best to go ahead and tape
off this area that i'm doing right now
before i started painting
i don't know who i thought i was
thinking that i can just paint
without having any type of painters tape
on here
so i finally got smart and switched to a
smaller
paintbrush and just got in the cracks
and just using like
a light brush back and forth brushing
motion
i was able to get paint in these small
tiny corners
so now i'm just going through and
touching up those hard to get areas with
a paint brush
and rolling on my paint around the door
frame
i was too lazy to actually take the door
off
of the hinges but it actually ended up
working out so i could get all
three sides of the door
if you have raised edges in the wood you
want to make sure that you
take a larger paintbrush and get in
between
those cracks first before painting the
inside
and you want to make sure that you don't
leave any streaks of paint
so make sure to go back over it with
your roller brush if you do see any
streaks
it's best to remove the knobs if you can
it makes painting a lot easier but my
knobs were not removable so i had to
paint around the knobs first with a
paint brush and then use the roller
brush to paint
the rest of it allow it to dry
now we're going to apply our second coat
we don't want to apply
it too thick so remember that the second
coat should cover up any perfections and
you should start to see a nice even coat
let this dry for about one to two hours
before applying your top coat
you do want to end with a top coat just
to protect the wood
i used a water-based polyurethane
i found it easier just to use the
spray-on polyurethane
if using this method you want to hold
the spray nozzle 12 to 16 inches away
from the wood and do a sweeping motion
some sand in between each top coat layer
but i just did one coat now you're going
to start cutting your lines for your
gold mirror paper designs
this was not working for me i tried to
use the ruler to
cut straight lines but i'm just not very
good at that
so i ended up using my cricut to
make perfect lines don't worry you don't
need a cricut
to cut your lines for this part i just
i needed one because it wasn't working
out for me but you can get a ruler and
measure where you want your lines
and just cut the paper to the exact
length
now i'm going to apply my mirror paper
to the legs of
my console just for a fancier look
you can use additional adhesive if you
it to to make sure it really stays
but i didn't need any additional glue
now i'm just going to cut off the excess
with a razor
now i'm going to finish applying the
rest of my mirror paper
using my transfer tape so you just
really want to make sure that you have
it where you want it before you really
start making sure that it's stuck on
i'm using a squeegee just to make sure
that it's evenly
on there and there's no bubbles but an
old credit card will work just as fine
now i'm going to do the exact same thing
to the other side and make sure that
they're both even
now for this part you are definitely
going to need a cricut or some type of
cutting machine to cut these letters out
the font i used was called love and
summer
if you don't have a cricut machine to
cut out these
exact words what you can do is cut out
the lines and place them around the
borders
or you can make a really cute simple
arrow design like this
or you can take some scrap wallpaper
that has some really cute designs like
this this or this
and put it on the sides or the front
depending how your furniture is
just to add a little something
and look at these two about to tear up
something
look being nosy so this
is the final product i love the way it
turned out i was a little concerned
about the color at first but it ended up
being a really good true navy
all right guys so there you have it i
just turned your country sheet console
into modern luxury so don't forget to
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just turned your country chic
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