Upright Piano...Custom Re-finish

Pianos are quickly becoming one of my favorite pieces to paint because they can transform the entire feel of a room! I recently posted about finishing my own piano and am now excited to show you pictures of a piano I just finished for a client. She has been working with a decorator and together they were toying around with a darker gray or black. They ended up landing on 'Peppercorn Gray' by Sherwin Williams and I can't even tell you how stunning it looks!! Sadly my picture taking skills just don't do it justice. {It's impossible to get a good shot in a garage...hehehe} None the less...feast your eyes on this...

Oh happy day...my client just sent me a picture of the finished piano in her home...doesn't it look AMAZING!!! {Thanks for letting me post it Kari!!}

And since we spoke of feasts...HAPPY THANKSGIVING all! ~Kell

Finally...

I have wanted to paint my piano for as long as I can remember! I have done several for clients {you can see them here} and every time I do I dream about what color I would paint my own. Going back and forth between gray, white, and cream has held me up quite a bit. That's a big decision to make because heaven knows I do not want to paint it again for a VERY long time and I will certainly never part ways with this piece because it is the piano my kids learned to play on! Finally last weekend, the planets aligned to where we had no soccer games {that never happens with 2 kiddos playing}, and nothing pressing, and my thought was 'it's now or never'! I finally picked gray because it is the perfect neutral! It is light enough to disguise all the fingerprints to come and dark enough to hide all the dirty hand marks I am sure will ensue. I was determined...and my old body paid for it the next day but I was able to pound it out in ONE DAY! I will never do that again but must say I am so happy to finally have it done! I am thrilled with the color {Cathedral Stone by Valspar} and shouldn't admit that I walk by it many times a day just so I can sigh {insert super happy face}!! I am happy to cross that off my 'to-do list' just in time for the holidays!

I hope you're having a wonderful day ~Kell