I thought long and hard about painting my piano. I love natural wood, and would never paint over beautiful solid wood. This was a veneer, and I tried many times to sand it lightly and re-stain, but the stain just dried out each time. I tried a few different options, but then just accepted that I was going to paint a piano.
The color was harder. I googled "painted pianos" and got a rainbow of answers: red, yellow, black white (I'm sure all precious in their owners' sight). I knew I wanted it dark, and a glossy black piano is the bomb in my opinion, but that didn't fit in with my room vibe. Brown? Too blah. I settled on blue.
Getting the right blue was a labor of love between me and the Sherwin Williams guy. Thankfully I found someone that was into this project, and gave me hints along the way and helped me get
just the right blue. I started with "naval" and brought home a test pot and painted a piece of scrap lumber. It wasn't dark enough for me, and was more royal than I wanted. Brought the test pot back, and we (he) added 20% more of all the colors but white (burgundy, black and blue), and then
15% more black and blue, and then
10% more black and blue.
What we ended up with was definitely a custom color! I was ready to roll, literally.
This about made me ill though. There is no turning back now.
All primed (and me more ill.....)
And then boom: painted piano. No matter what angle I took this from this morning it was glowing, and professional photographer I am not.
But I do love my blue piano. It shines, it blends with the room, and I couldn't be happier.
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