Charcoal Grey Mahogany Sideboard

Charcoal Grey Vintage Mahogany Sideboard

On a shopping trip to Goodwill, I spotted this vintage mahogany sideboard and snatched it up right away. It took me about a week or so to get started working on it because I couldn't decide on a color for it. My head was sniping all over the place, so I looked for inspiration in Pinterest and that made it worse because then I had a ballillion choices. I finally had a vision in my head of how I wanted the piece to look. My gut was telling me to paint it in a dark charcoal grey with the middle section in a light grey and stain the top.

I started by sanding the top finish off completely working my way from coarse, to medium, to fine grit sand paper for a smooth finish. I gave the body a light sanding with fine grit too. Then I filled some spots where the veneer was missing. Rustoleum's Kona gave the top a nice, even tone. I mixed my own chalk paint for this piece. After a few coats of each color, I let the paint dry over night and came back the next day and sanded the whole piece to remove any bumps and lightly distress the edges. I sealed the bottom portion with Minwax polycrylic in satin and the top in gloss finish.

I liked the original hardware but I wanted to remove the years of tarnish, to give them a fresher look. I used Bar Keepers Friend, it was working quite well. They were a nice brassy color underneath, unfortunately two of the hardware pieces had a silver tone to them. I needed another solution so I thought about using Rub and Buff. I've never used it before but read good things about it. I went to two different craft stores near by and neither of them carried it. One of them had a similar product called Metallic Luster. I bought it, took it home and tried it out but it was a bust. It didn't work for me, it was too much of a bright gold and the finish was translucent. Maybe I didn't do it right, I don't know. Anyhow I finally found Rub and Buff at Hobby Lobby and it worked like a charm.

Charcoal Grey Vintage Mahogany Sideboard rubb and buff hardware

The decorative trim from the top back was missing so I picked up a piece of 1x2 at Home Depot. My hubby cut it for me and then I screwed it in from the back, stained it and sealed it. I also added some wooden corner pieces as supports to give it more stability since it is such a top heavy piece.

I am totally in love with how this Charcoal Grey mahogany Sideboard came out. I wish I had a bigger house so that I could keep it! I say that a lot but it's not true, I actually love that our house is not so big, it's perfect for us. I guess what I mean is, I wish I needed it or had a spot for it at home, but I don't so hopefully this vintage beauty finds a perfect home soon.

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