Damn cold humidity

Here in Pennsylvania its cold. And humid. And those two things together really, REALLY suck. Not just for me but also for my furniture. Now, I know it's been awhile since I posted anything but that's just because I've been stopped dead in my tracks. By the damn cold humidity.
I was working on my nice china hutch on a particularly cold day and didn't think of one important thing. Paint (apparently) freezes. Yes paint freezes and when it freezes and thaws, it lets moisture into the paint, and warpes it beyond my ability to smooth it. The paint went crazy. And this paint is very good at resisting my sander unfortunately. So here I am hoping for warmer weather, unable to work on furniture because the paint goes crazy and for fear I might loose a finger to hypothermia. Bummer.


But on the bright side... I get to continue collecting furniture for warmer weather! And that, I'm ok with.

Update

Yes it's mint! Looking good I think.

Update

Yes it's mint! Looking good I think.

My new roomier workshop

I got a little tired of having squeeze myself around my workshop so I took a few hours and tripled my space. Plus some color choices for the hutch and my cat. Very productive day. Tell me what you think of the colors

My newest project

This china hutch is my next victim. I found it at a Salvation Army thrift store. Originally it was $70 but with markdowns I got for $10. A great deal. The people there were also kind enough to load it into my truck for me. It's about my height, so a smaller hutch.

Final dresser

Here it is

It's finally done!

Yep that's right I finished the dresser. It's completed! My first big project done. They picture I have now is terrible but I was so excited I had to show it off. It's dark but here it is! Better pics in the morning

Polished brass

I was putting the handles back on my dresser to finish it up finally and something was off. The paint was shiny and nice but the handles weren't. They were this dull grey/brown color and very unappealing. So I took a few things of sand paper and polished them up! It's amazing what a little elbow grease can do! I have to remember this trick for later. They look completely different and brand new! Before and after

Blue

I finished painting the dresser a nice shade of a darker blue. (Sorry pictures will be in my next post, I'm not getting out of my nice warm bed to take them.) aside from a few touch ups on the feet and a final hard top coating its done! My first professional piece! Yay!
In the process I found out that my workshop/garage is housing a family of pretty noisy mice. They leave me alone and i leave them alone but this has shown me that I really need some music while I'm painting. And I learned that when it gets cold paint takes a million times longer to dry.
I know I have a long way to go but any advice would be much appreciated.