This is exactly the kind of furniture that should be painted if you want painted furniture: it's not antique, it's not superior wood, the veneer has failed, and painting it gives it another several years of serviceable life. It's as if it had been *made* for faux finishing -- or stenciling, or decoupage, or any other decorative treatment. The "never paint wood grain" applies to particularly *good* wood, antique wood, and anything of high value with a wood surface. Painting over failing veneer is salvation, however, not damage. Paint over wood like oak, walnut, chestnut, mahogany, etc., and yes, you do deserve to be flogged in the public square. But failing maple veneer from probably the 1970s is fair game for just about any paint effect.
What an awesome transformation, and a great way to adapt and overcome when a project doesn't go as planned.
Thank you! And you're so right! Sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches!
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This is exactly the kind of furniture that should be painted if you want painted furniture: it's not antique, it's not superior wood, the veneer has failed, and painting it gives it another several years of serviceable life. It's as if it had been *made* for faux finishing -- or stenciling, or decoupage, or any other decorative treatment. The "never paint wood grain" applies to particularly *good* wood, antique wood, and anything of high value with a wood surface. Painting over failing veneer is salvation, however, not damage. Paint over wood like oak, walnut, chestnut, mahogany, etc., and yes, you do deserve to be flogged in the public square. But failing maple veneer from probably the 1970s is fair game for just about any paint effect.