Comments on: Bad Wood Finishes

Costco is still stocking the espresso furniture! The pictures above look like the Costco furniture section. I like more of a mix of finishes on wood. A lot of my wood is painted. Anything that's ...

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Love this series. Could not agree more about espresso. I think super shiny cherry can work for some people. I think bad maple rarely works, and espresso basically never works.

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/bad-wood-finishes#comment-86065

In reply to Ken M. ken m - i think you hit the nail on the head. i love this post and had to laugh at it, but ...

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Two or three things: 1. As a woodworker, I can tell you that old maple (yellows) and cherry (gets quite red) are beautiful under natural finishes, but it's the bad attempts to stain other woods t...

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/bad-wood-finishes#comment-86004

In reply to Anon. *two thumbs way way up*

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/bad-wood-finishes#comment-85878

In reply to Edith. PAINT THEM! :)

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/bad-wood-finishes#comment-85824

Ugh I have SO MUCH cheap espresso colored furniture from my poor college/apartment days. I just bought a house and am trying to phase it all out but that can be expensive! I'm both happy and sad ...

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/bad-wood-finishes#comment-85822

Ugh, so true!! Our house currently has orangey-maple-everything and I so can't wait to change it or paint it. It seriously can't come soon enough!

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In reply to Stacie Martin. omgchalkpaint!! For the love of sanity, why? On the plus side, chalk-painted anythi...

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In reply to Sarah Beth. If what you are painting is the cherry cabinets, then why does the paint need to coord...

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