Custom Outdoor Furniture

I haven't blogged in awhile because I've been pretty busy with my other little project. I honestly haven't painted anything in probably 2 months! But I was busy during the Fall doing some custom pieces, so that's what I want to share with you.

I did a few pieces of outdoor furniture, which I really enjoyed refinishing. It was my first time using outdoor polyurethane, so just to be sure, I did 3-4 coats of poly. The great thing about the outdoor poly is that it protects from sun damage, and also expands and contracts with the temperature.

Every good Southern home has a front porch with a rocking chair or porch swing. This custom order included both! The inspiration for the 'look' was the client's bannister in their house.

The swing was crafted by the client, but was still raw wood. The rocking chair joined the family over 20 years ago in Guam, and was used to rock their babies way back in the day. By distressing the rocking chair, I discovered all of her previous colors--red, gray, white and natural wood-- but she's  black now! They both go perfectly on the porch, in front of the home's black shutters.

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