Comments on: Painting Wood: Should You or Shouldn’t You?

By: Loribeth

Loribeth — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:06:56 +0000

I completely agree with you! I have some furniture that I want to paint, specifically our bedroom furniture. It’s not hardwood, it’s veneered. And although it’s nice looking, it’s too heavy for our small bedroom. Painting it would freshen it up and lighten the room. Then I have an antique mahogany library table that my husband I found at an estate sale. It was the first piece of furniture we chose together. My dad refinished it, and it’s beautiful, so I’d never paint it.

By: Tammy C

Tammy C — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:42:18 +0000

I have an older pine wall unit I’d love to paint a creamy white…just don’t have the nerve or time YET!

By: Abby

Abby — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:01:06 +0000

I was just having the paint-it-or-not debate with myself but with woodwork in my house. I just moved into a home that is about 20 years old that has medium-color oak woodwork throughout: all the downstairs floors plus windows (actual wood windows, not vinyl!), window trim, doors, door trim, baseboards. White paint would give it more of the look I’m into, but I it would be a ton of work and I feel it’s a shame to paint perfectly nice wood.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:52:40 +0000

Michelle,

I love your idea to paint the nesting tables different colors. If I had 3 I would do Black, Latte and white because all of those colors are in my house. If I had 4 (which would be great) I would add a pop of color.

Steph