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spraying a table with Glidden Premium

You know we love a good furniture makeover and you know we adore COLOR!  When we were asked to review Glidden’s Premium paint line, we went for bright and cheery. Apricot Nectar is a happy shade of all things girly and I’m happy my hubby isn’t picky about the inside decor (;  This is phase one of the table, I’m going to rough it up and go to town sanding it but wanted to share how to get a nice smooth finish with a paint sprayer, a few tricks I’ve learned since using a sprayer for the first time this year to get a professional finish.
Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Here’s the table before, pretty and muted.  Since I changed the stencil wall to wallpaper, it went from bright to neutral so I wanted the table to bring in color in the new design.

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I started with Glidden premium in eggshell.  Glidden paint provides color and coverage that’s so beautiful, you’re guaranteed to be happy with the results. The Glidden Premium Paint Collection includes low-odor, no-VOC interior paint and tough yet elegant exterior house paint. 

  • Paint + Primer in One
  • Provides a mildew resistant coating
  • Guaranteed results
  • MPI certified
  • Contributes towards satisfying LEED® Credit EQ4.2

Let’s address primers real quick too: I didn’t use a primer since I never sealed the table.  And since Glidden Premium is a paint and primer in one, I didn’t need to take extra time to primer it beforehand.  Can I just tell you how nice it is to skip a full step??  Kudos, Glidden!

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Be sure you’re using a good quality paint like Glidden.  Start with the right tools.  A good quality paint, a sander (80-100 grit sandpaper), lint free cloths and a paint sprayer.  Let’s talk sandpaper for a sec: the 100 grit is heave enough to penetrate old finishes.  As the old finish comes off, be careful not to damage the bare wood underneath.  And be sure you sand parallel to the grain, never across grain patterns.  I didn’t fully sand the table but instead did a light sand, enough for the new paint to grip it.  Then I wiped it down with a lint free cloth.  Laziness won out this time, lol, I always recommend a sealer to protect your hard work!

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Using your sprayer, stand 4-6″ away and spray continually in long strides across the whole piece.  Don’t stop throughout the process.  Here is the table after one coat, note the even coverage.  Tip: spray nice and slow.

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

This step is vital: lightly sand between coats.  Using a sanding block is perfect for knocking down little pieces of paint that will ultimately leave a rough feel if not “erased”.  Use a light grit, 220 by hand only.  Fine grit sandpaper also helps seal pores in the wood. and creates a glassy, smooth surface for the lacquer we’ll be sealing with later. Again, it’s vital to move parallel to the grain in long strokes. Trust me, this quick step will make your finish amazing!

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

I ended up with 2 coats on the legs and 3 coats on the top of the table.  Look at this finish!-nice and smooth and even! Note: I haven’t sealed since I’m going to rough it up this week to add distress to it.  Then I’ll finish with a clear lacquer to seal for durability.  This will lock in the paint and also be easy for sanitizing purposes.

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Hi, Miss Pepper! This puppy always want to be in on the action!

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Looking for cute decor for your shevles? The ‘only good vibes’ sign from our friend Salty Bison, ‘hello’ from our friend Hollyhocks & Honeybees, ‘gather’ sign made by us, bike sign from our friend The Urban Post, flag banner from our friend Natalie Creates.

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Source List >>> wallpaper: Walls Republic | chairs: HomeGoods | throw: Hayneedle | lights: Feiss/Del Mar 

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

This post was created in partnership with Glidden. We have been sponsored by the Glidden® brand paint for PPG to write this post but the thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. Thanks for supporting companies that keep LJ rockin’ and rollin’ with free tutorials!  Visit more of our furniture ideas like our Teal Zeal bench makeover.

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Gorgeous farmhouse dining room. All the tips to achieve this look without breaking the bank! Love the aqua dining room accents and the farmhouse pendants too! Pretty neutral dining room ideas!

Update: If you follow us on Instagram, you’ll have seen our sneak peek of sanding the table down and let the 2 previous colors show through, look forward to a second reveal soon!

Love this colorful farmhouse dining room! Lots of color with classic pieces. This apricot dining room table is a fun way to bring color to a neutral space! Learn how to get a professional finish on your furniture!

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18 Comments

  1. I have never heard that tip before, of lightly sanding between coats! I can see how that could help the paint stick better. I will have to try that out the next time I use my paint sprayer. Thanks for the tips!

  2. I really really would love to have a Graco Truecoat Plus. I would spray every bathroom & kitchen cabinet & door in my house & live happily ever after!!! PLEASE pick ME!!!

  3. I would choose Silver Cloud for the living room to go with my new gray couch. Love the color.

  4. So many forever postponed projects waiting to be worked on and so many fun colors to choose from! I’d love to paint our garage-sale-find night stands to actually match: maybe a rich gray color like Black Frosted Plum. Brighten up our girls’ upstairs bathroom with something like Wild Blue Yonder or Fresh Water Blue. Don’t even get me started on our kitchen! Lol

  5. I love how this table turned out! Thanks for sharing with us 🙂 I’d love to try the Candy Apple Red on a nightstand I have to refinish!

  6. I would like to paint my room with the “skaters pond” to have a fresh clean slate so I can add pops of color all around with new decor 😉

  7. I’m loving the opal silk green. I am certain we should all use that for something!!

  8. I really love the skaters pond color. I just recently painted my table a seafoam green color. I love it, but it was a lot of work. Your work is so beautiful!

  9. I’m trying to work up the courage to paint my barstools a fun color- candy apple red is sounding good!

  10. I have my mother’s antique buffet that I would love to paint. thinking that Silver Screen by Glidden would be perfect for it!

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