A number of people actually pay good money to get furniture when they have perfectly serviceable ones at home that only need a little bit of sprucing up to look good. 
This is especially true of wooden furniture, and below we will set out what you need to do to turn your old, sad looking wooden table or chair into a really chick one.
Whatever piece of furniture you want to repaint, make sure that you sand it carefully first. Some people say that this is not necessary, but if your furniture is old, and already has a coat of peeling paint on it, sanding it down to the wood is what will ensure that the paint stays for years instead of peeling off in just a couple of months. Use fine, 100 grit sandpaper for this.
The primer acts as a sealant, and covers all the pores in the wood. The difference in the quantity of paint that you would use on a piece of wood that does not have a coat of primer and one that has is huge. You don’t have to bother too much about this, as long as you ensure that you’ve covered the whole surface and don’t leave any gaps, you are good.
The primer generally dries out quickly, but in any case wait until it is fully dry before you apply the paint. Although using a roller makes it easy, the first choice should always be a brush. Rollers, even the better quality ones leave behind air bubbles, while brushes don’t, and in furniture, these air bubbles make it look really bad. Apply the paint evenly, and never break stroke. Start from one end of the furniture, and then move down. Don’t go back over a place that has already been painted unless that portion dries out. Doing this will only cause your brush to stick and make things even worse than they were.
Go over the whole piece of furniture once, and if you aren’t satisfied then go over it a second time. Generally two coats are more than sufficient.
Don’t start placing things on your furniture for at least a couple of days after painting. Even if the paint appears to have dried, there is every possibility that it will get indentations from objects placed on it, and if you don’t want this to happen wait a few days. If you live in a humid area, this may actually take more time, but that depends on the place where you stay.
If you’ve followed these instructions properly, you’d get yourself a brand new piece of furniture that costs you only the price of the paint. Of course some of it is hard work, especially sanding it down, but the results are well worth the effort.
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