Yes indeed, I took the plunge. A while back, I wrote a post about how we repurposed this piano that was left behind when we purchased our weekend home by the sellers into a piano bar. If you haven’t read it, here’s a link.
If you’ve been reading along lately, you’ll know I’ve been trying to turn our boring brown space at the cabin into a brighter, lighter abode :). With just one quart of ASCP in Old White, I’ve made quite a bit of headway. In this post, I wrote about some of the smallish projects I’ve been able to tackle, and now I can add one more to the list. And believe it or not, I still have about 1/4 of the quart left!
This was my first time using Frog Tape. To be honest, I didn’t notice a huge difference, but I think that was because of the project. I imagine it would be great for painting lines on walls. I may be adding some highlights to the details of the piano at some point. Not sure if I’ll do black or green. Any thoughts?
I’m also going to replace the tiny knobs with something a bit more elegant.
This is my first, but not last attempt to brighten up this space. I’m looking for a rug and some chair cushions. We also need a new table, as the existing one is not very stable, but I haven’t been able to find one that is round, with a leaf that has a base that I like. I might consider getting a white table, and leaving the chairs brown. I’ll be replacing the picture and possibly adding some color on the windows. I’m not sure what to do about the pine ledge on the wall. Maybe stain it a medium green, since that’s a color I’m using a lot lately.
I know some people cringe at the thought of painting a piano, but this particular piano was never really a functioning musical instrument for us. Neither one of us play, and it was so out of tune! And if you read my first post, you learned we literally couldn’t even donate it.
We like it! What do you think?
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Athena at Minerva's Garden says
Pianos are so huge and require such a great deal of effort to move, and if you don’t play, I can see why you’d want to redo it. My husband plays, but he played a piano for a show one time where the piano got painted, and it really didn’t hurt the sound at all, so I think if you want to paint it, by all means go for it! (Mind you, this wasn’t an $80K Steinway we’re talking about, but an older upright!) I love that you turned yours into a bar–that is such a clever idea–I really like it. So nice to hear from you today, you make me blush with your compliments (!), and glad you liked the potato harvest we had!
Cynthia Keeley says
Love,love,love it!! I loved it before the remake, but now it’s just FABulous!!
(BTW…I’m a big ‘angler’….any way to move that into/across that corner to change/soften the horizontal lines of the space and put a floor lamp or large tree/plant behind it?) Like how I make more work for you?! 😛
Anyhow…..I really love what you did with it. I ‘might’ also paint the table and chairs out too and brighten with your new rug and seat cushions…whaddya think?!
Cyn
Doreen says
Thanks ladies! Cyn, we tried to move that thing, but it is waaaaaay too heavy to budge. Maybe if we get a couple of manly men to help. I do agree with you about the horizontal aspects of the space. Thanks so mich for your input. Keep those ideas coming!
Terrie says
GREAT redo. Love white and now serve as a bar. Fantastic decorationa nd functional.
Catherine Bedson says
Hi Doreen, I think you did a wonderful job! The piano looks fantastic painted white and works beautifully repurposed as a bar. It ‘s a nice talking point when you have guests as well. Your blog is looking great.
Katherines Corner says
Oh my stars, First how awesome that you have a piano bar, second…look what you did! That is terrific. Thank you for joining in the fun at the Thursday Favorite Things hop. Happy weekend wishes xo
Dan says
It’s a console piano and not an upright. Consoles and spinets are mostly worthless even in excellent condition. More and more people are desposing of old pianos since there is no demand for them. Even new paino sales are few and far between. So painting that old console and using it a bar stand is at least making that piano useful for something. I’ve seen a growing number of old pianos being gutted for a better purpose and converted to things such as: desks, fish tank stands, entertainment alcoves, wet bars and I even encountered a guy who was selling a 10,000 watt sound system packed inside a huge 100 plus year old upright. Pianos are quickly becoming a largely unwanted tool in modern society. So converting them into something useful is the way to go.
Samantha says
WOW! How awesome!! I’m also looking to re-purpose a piano and was just wondering what you did for glass over the keys??
Doreen says
I’m not sure I understand your question Samantha? Yes,there is glass over the keys. If you’re wondering how/where we got it, we went to a glass repair shop. They actually specialize in auto glass but we’ve worked with them before and they’re quite reasonably priced. Have I answered your question? Thanks for stopping by, and please do let me know if you need any help with your repurposed piano!
Samantha says
Sorry that question was a little vague! but like, how did you glue? it or get it to stay put on top of the keys?
Doreen@househoneys says
No glue was necessary. The weight of the glass is more than enough to keep it right where it is. You wouldn’t want anything to be glued onto the keys anyway. You want the ability to remove the glass easily if necessary, for cleaning, etc.