Our Tips for Painting Wooden Furniture
Use your most-loved Little Greene shades to refresh existing pieces of wooden furniture and transform them into bespoke pieces that complement your colour schemes. Use bold brights to create a statement piece or select complementary hues for a harmonious finish.
Alternatively, if you have opted for a neutral scheme in your home, a bold piece of furniture is the perfect opportunity to create a focal point for the room. For example, below the walls and woodwork are painted with two colours from the ‘Bone China Blue’ Colour Scales family. A contrasting accent colour such as ‘Marigold’ on a piece of furniture will bring warmth and character to your room.
Drawers: Marigold 209
Stool: Chocolate Colour 124
Walls: Bone China Blue – Pale 182
Building blocks: Marigold 209 & Carmine 189
Flooring: Bone China Blue 107 & Bone China Blue – Pale 182
Our in-house Professional Decorator has provided this step-by-step guide to follow for interior furniture projects using Intelligent Satinwood and Intelligent ASP (All Surface Primer), our two finishes recommended for painting wooden furniture:
A Guide To Painting Previously Painted Wooden Furniture:
- Ensure surface is clean, dry and grease free using sugar soap to remove all loose and flaking paintwork then rinse with clean water. Rub down with a medium grade sandpaper feathering in where paint has been removed.
- For a significant colour change, apply one coat of ‘Intelligent ASP’ (all surface primer) to ensure the depth of colour is retained. Allow to dry for at least two hours.
- Stir the paint thoroughly before use then apply the first coat of ‘Intelligent Satinwood’ evenly and allow to dry for four hours.
- Apply a second coat of ‘Intelligent Satinwood’. Two full coats of ‘Intelligent Satinwood’ are recommended to achieve full depth of colour. Your piece will be surface dry within 1–2 hours.
Wall: Carlton House Terrace - Pompon
Desk: Tea with Florence 310
Dado Rail: French Grey – Dark 163
Lower Wall: French Grey - Mid 162
A Guide To Painting Bare or New Wooden Furniture:
- Ensure that the surface is cleaned and treated.
- Ensure that any knots in softwood and all hardwoods are sealed with Aluminium Wood Primer or knotting compound.
- New wood should then be primed using Intelligent ASP (15% v/v with water to allow penetration into the substrate). Ensure wood is dry as damp wood should never be painted.
- Stir the paint thoroughly before use. Apply the first coat of ‘Intelligent Satinwood’ evenly and allow to dry for four hours.
- Apply a second coat of ‘Intelligent Satinwood’. Two full coats of ‘Intelligent Satinwood’ are recommended to achieve full depth of colour. Your piece will be surface dry within 1–2 hours.
Wall and Skirting: Hollyhock 25
Highlight Stripe: Hellebore 275
Chair: Carmine 189
Floor: Royal Navy 257
Click here to read more about our Intelligent ASP and Intelligent Satinwood.