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Show Me Your Grain…Your Wood Grain.

This post is sponsored by HomeRight, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links may be contained in this post.

I won’t lie.

The sight of a beautifully bold painted piece of furniture (preferably either kelly green, navy blue or a bold red) makes my heart soar.

Not as much as Grunt Labor makes my heart soar, but pretty close.

However, I have come to really appreciate a good grain…a good wood grain that is, because chocolate isn’t a grain yet, is it? I’m still waiting for chocolate to be classified as “good” for me.

Here are a few of my favorite stained and painted furniture makeovers…

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / Furniture Makeovers / DIY File Cabinet Table / Cobalt Blue and Stain

Stacy Risenmay is a lucky girl. Because all I want to do is steal her bedside table. The cobalt blue and stain combo is beautiful.

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / Furniture Makeovers / Hall Tree

This is another shade of blue paired with stain that I think is stunning. Gail from My Repurposed Life made a hall tree from a door and sewing table. I’m usually not a big aged paint effect person, but I do love the depth the aging has on this shade of navy. She used her HomeRight Finish Max on this project.

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / Furniture Makeovers / Midcentury Modern Dresser Makeover

A never fail combo is stain and white – especially on mid-century modern pieces like this one from While They Snooze.

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / DIY Pegboard

Addicted 2 DIY made this stained pegboard organizer using her paint sprayer. She also has some good tips here for using stain in a paint sprayer.

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / Furniture Makeovers / Stripped and Stained Buffet Makeover

My stripped and re-stained buffet makeover is one of my most favorite makeovers ever. I was actually a little worried about going back to stain after the piece had been a bold red, but it was totally the right decision. I used my HomeRight Heat Gun to strip it easily.

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / Furniture Makeovers / DIY Platform Bed

Lauren from The Thinking Closet opted for a beach-y hued stain for her bed.

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / Kitchen Table Makeover / Furniture Makeover

Ask Anna actually stripped and re-stained the top of this table, as well as painting the bottom of it. If you need tips on cleaning your paint sprayer after using stain in it, she’s your girl.

Painted & Stained Furniture Projects with a HomeRight Finish Max / Furniture Makeovers / Dresser turned Home Gym

This idea from HomeJelly is nothing short of genius. She took an old dresser and turned it into a home gym. She stained the top and feet, but painted the rest with her Finish Max. Now, as much as I would like to think this piece would actually motivate me to work out, I’m probably wrong. The idea is still genius though. 😉

Are you a fan of stained and painted combination pieces?

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Disclosure: This post was a collaboration with HomeRight. However, all opinions and corny post titles are 100% mine.

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  3. Kate says

    Such a hard question! I feel as though a light coral color with stain would be gorgeous! Just waiting to have a little girl so I can try that combo out 😉

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  4. Anna says

    Thank you for including me in your roundup! There are so many great pieces but I LOVE your buffet, it’s stunning. 🙂 Pinned and shared on FB.

    Anna 🙂

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  7. wen budro says

    I like a natural dark wood stain but I’m also getting into some of the vintage blur colors as well. Those are some awesome furniture makeovers….I’m jealous.

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  9. Pam S says

    I was set to start a complete re-decor of my house when I saw the blue hall tree (the only blue in my whole house is maybe some clothing! LOL) …..but then I saw your buffet ~ to die for! Good job!!!

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  12. Marsha Anderson Corns says

    I love your blog. I also love stained wood with white, red, blue, green, gray… it depends on the mood and the piece of furniture/art!

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    • Anne Coles says

      Thank you for all the information. First off, I took you’re advice and used the sospads to clean off the rust on a chrome table, worked well, too. Then I took the plunge and painted my coffee and end tables. I’m not into distressing things, in my house, it’ll happen soon enough. My husband was impressed and let me do my desk and mny old oak diningroom table as well. I don’t know about doing pictures but I had a lot of fun and the stuff looks like new!!!!!

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  15. Susan M. says

    My heart goes pitty pat when I see a chest that has been painted with duck egg blue with a dark stained top and a coat of dark wax.

    Thanks for the opportunity – my fingers are crossed!

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  16. JOY says

    I just finished painting all my stained bedroom furniture white but now I want to paint all my patio
    table and chairs including the adirondack chairs blue. The paint sprayer would come in
    handy and make the job a lot easier.

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  18. Brigitte says

    I really love that dining room table! Way more of a project than I would take on, but it’s gorgeous! I love your buffet, too. I’m planning to do something similar with a dresser I got from Freecycle. It’s hideous now, but I think it will make a GREAT entertainment center when I’m done! 🙂

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  19. Shannon says

    I’m not sure what my favorite color pairing with stain is. I’m new at all of this, but I can say I lean towards the blues.

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  21. Debbie Reynolds says

    I haven’t tried the paint and stain technique yet. I am ready!! I love your buffet Jenna and the blue and stain hall tree is beautiful!

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  23. Elaine Bray says

    I love the white with stain – works well for almost any piece of furniture and goes with almost any other colors in a room.

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  25. Dana says

    My favorite color to pair with stain is cobalt blue. It’s not possible to have too much cobalt blue in your life. Thank you for the giveaway Jenna! Good luck everyone!

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  31. Mary Beth Elderton says

    Right now, I am all into grays/taupes/smoky blues with medium dark stained woods. The beauty of DIY is that, when that preference changes. so does the furniture 🙂

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  37. mary ballerin says

    Right now it’s shiny white. I have a dark Asian-style dresser with brass hardware, and scratches on top. I love how white looks with midcentury bureaus which have lighter wood, hoping it will look good on my dresser. Do you have any other color suggestions, Jenna? 😉

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  38. Catherine R says

    I like to pair cool colors with stains like blues, greens and purples. I think it balances nicely with warm wood tones.

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  62. Christine says

    Hard to answer question. It depends on the stain. I like white with some of the darker stains, but we have some light stained furniture with a coral color in my daughters room that is very pretty.

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  79. Birdiebee says

    I have never paired paint with stain before but would choose a darker shad of blue such as above in the blue door.

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