Farmhouse Painted Bench with Storage

 

Fast Forward

Fast forwarding a bit to our living room makeover in January. While clearing out our living room for its makeover, it was finally time to get rid of the bench. I didn’t have room in my storage unit for it so I reached out to that customer to see if she was ready to claim dibs on the storage bench. She was! BUT under one condition – that it be painted off white and distressed. We made a unique arrangement and I brought the bench to her with the promise to paint it once the living room makeover was completed. The bench is out of the house! But like a boomerang, it has come back for its custom painted furniture makeover. 

Painting a Farmhouse Style Storage Bench

I don’t quite think you can call this a farmhouse painted bench yet, not with the orange glow of that wood, but in time we will be able to. Then entire bench was prepped for paint. This is my process for How to Prep Painted Furniture.  Next, I laid the bench down on furniture dollies to paint the legs under the seat first. The bench is being painted in Vintage Lace by Kristi Kuehl Pure Home Paint, which is a creamy off-white. 

Once the inner legs area was painted, distressed and sealed with Matte clear protective sealer I then stood the bench back up on its legs to continue. 

A little trick to painting with white, or off white is to do the first coat in a shade of gray. By painting gray first, it acts as a sort of primer. Often white paint needs more coats, due to less pigment and can be frustrating to get decent coverage. I always paint my first coat in a light gray (in this case I used Tahoe first) then followed by the creamy off white.  The sides of the bench also had these holes that needed to be painted. 

I simply used an artist brush to paint inside the holes to make sure that they match the rest of the painted bench. 

Once the entire bench was painted, it was then distressed and sanded in its entirety with a fine grit sandpaper for a super smooth finish. The edges were distressed creating a farmhouse style appearance to the painted bench. 

The Result – Farmhouse Painted Bench with Storage

This boomerang bench is ready to bounce right back to its forever home. 

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