Refinishing Walnut Furniture Country/Antique Style?
I recently inherited some dark walnut furniture that had belonged to my grandfather ages ago.
There is a cabinet with hutch top, dinning room table with “club like” feet, they aren’t claws more like paws with mittens on them. The chairs have spindles on the backs and then some gold hand painted pine cones or something on them that is just awful.
Anyhow, I want to go light/medium country blue with them. I was thinking of doing the legs of the table and leaving the top walnut, same thing with the cabinet, I was thinking of leaving the top walnut and the visible inside/back of the hutch top walnut.
But the catch is, the walnut is rather dark and would probably clash pretty bad. Is there a way of lightening up the walnut a bit? Otherwise I fear only a country black look will work and I really don’t want dark furniture, I am not opposed to another color but have no interest in white.
What are your thoughts?
Thoughts?
Totally agreed with answers above. Please reconsider.
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