Refinishing the Hall Bench

Got this bench at the Glebe Garage sale the month before we moved into our house:

That was almost 2 years ago and I had yet to even glue the loose pieces back on. Since this is a time of saving for future sump pump installation, re-finishing the bench seemed a good lost cots project to do. The fabric I had bought in the fall on sale and a can of paint was covered by a gift card from Christmas.

I gave the bench a light sanding and a coat of ‘fix all problems’ primer, then did 2 coats of black paint. The problem with trying to do a 2^nd coat of black paint in a poorly lit basement after work is that you can’t see where you’ve already painted, so the second coat was abandoned and had to be done the following weekend when there was sunlight.

Overall it is a much cleaner look especially with the 2 new baskets.

And now we know: black paint looks awesome but you need good lighting to paint with it.