efinishing furniture has to be one of those things that people either love or hate. I'm certainly not sitting here pretending I love it by any means. What I will sit here and tell you is that the price of refinishing pre-loved pieces is something I can get behind. Generally, it's a heck of a lot less expensive than buying something brand new. You need to be on the prowl on FBM to score that epic deal - something free is ideal, but let's be honest, we'll take a dresser for $30. Evidently, $30 is how much I scored what I thought was a fully wood dresser. Spoiler alert: This dresser wasn't fully wood. It had a nice layer of veneer that someone sanded right through. Oh, and the wood grain beneath the veneer went in the opposite direction. Needless to say, I needed to figure out how to make this piece of furniture look like wood and not like it was damaged goods. Challenge accepted.
What’s Up with the Commitment to the Not 100% Wood Furniture
Retique it For A Faux Wood Finish
Okay, the solution I was given to making my furniture look like wood was to try Retique it (DISCOUNT CODE BELOW!). I was SO apprehensive about using this Retique it product myself. Although the dresser was only $30, the Retique it came to like $150 Canadian. Was I seriously pouring more into a paint product than I was into the furniture?! Yes, yes I was. And oh was I fully committed. Especially after the wood was so close to being so good after stripping and sanding – minus the damage shown below.
I got the French Oak Finish Kit – which I didn’t end up French Oak-ing it I just used Barnwood – regardless, it came with everything you needed:
- Primer (bless my husband, he sanded and striped so much when we were trying to stain the piece, but with this, you only need to rough up the surface)
- Stain
- A gel stain (for the French oak finish)
- A top coat
- A wood-graining tool
- A paint brush
It was so simple to use, and it made my sad top piece look like a full-on wood finish with no silly damage.
Retique it for the Win
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