Have you ever walked into someone’s house or a restaurant and thought… man, I’m out of my league? Should I take my shoes off or do they not want my sweaty feet on their cow hide rug? Which fork am I supposed to use for this course at dinner? Yeah, we’ve all been there, right. Right? ;) When I laid my eyes on this set, that same feeling filled my insides. I thought man you’re pretty… you’re too classy for me. But I soooo want to make you even more sophisticated. Ms. Mary is a self proclaimed FunCycled groupy. She came to my house for the first time and had almost everything on our Upcoming Projects page memorized. By that I mean she even knew what I called each piece and most of the measurements. She was impressive. She ordered a few pieces and when we delivered them I set my eyes on these beauties. I almost wanted to beg her to let me redo them, but I kept my cool like most people try to do when they are out of there league, meet a celebrity, get a job promotion. When Mary emailed me about redoing them for her I may have squealed.

Another random fact about me? I play this game in my mind where I try to figure out what a customer will pick before they actually do. Mary wanted me to send her a couple different ideas and when I did, my gut told me she would want the wood on the front and black exterior. As my son would say, Ding, ding, ding. I was right and thrilled to be because I thought it would look perfect in her home.

Here they are before: (You can’t tell well from this pictures but the top of this piece had tons of veneer damage.)

We painted it black using this….

If you’d like to learn how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. Ready to see Mr. & Mrs. Sophisticated?

The furniture photos are by Chelsea Bos Photography. Have a great week friends! Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Having fun upcycling!
Sarah ;)

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