Ta Da ...... My Battered Old Piano Is Now........

PINK!!!!!! Yes I said pink :-) I know it won't be everyone's cup of tea but I absolutely love it. I had initially painted it a sort of pale-ish greeny, grey, blue which I mixed from some Annie Sloan Old White and some tester pots I had and it was actually quite a nice colour but, it made the far end of the living room look really cold. I didn't really want to paint it in Annie Sloan Old White because, being a bit of a wimp, I seem to paint everything Old White and besides, it would just get lost against the white walls.  I'm still decorating the living room and some of the beams aren't painted with the top coat yet and the lighting wasn't brilliant but you get the idea so from this ............

To This ..........

The plan initially was to Annie Sloan it, distress it and then wax it but as I still haven't quite mastered the wax ageing process yet, I was a bit dubious about attacking it with the dark wax. So, after a thorough rummage in my paint cupboards, I came across half a tin of satinwood paint in a fabulous pale pink colour called Sweet Sundae. After taking a few deep breaths and before I could change my mind, I slapped a big patch of pink paint on the front of the piano so I couldn't chicken out and it looked so fabulous, I carried on and painted the whole thing pink. I absolutely love it. It has really warmed up the room, it goes perfectly with the curtains which are a lovely floral pattern and it goes beautifully with my Cath Kidston cushions on the sofa.