{"id":1090,"date":"2021-09-17T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2021-10-24T19:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T19:38:01","slug":"resurrecting-ducal-by-stain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/09\/17\/resurrecting-ducal-by-stain\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting Ducal, by stain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in 2019, I needed a new bed. My requirements – cheap, simple, sturdy, solid wood and untreated: Research led me to the Heavy Duty bed frame from strictly beds<\/a>. The untreated part was because I didn’t know what bedside tables I wanted at the time so I planned to treat the bed to match the bedside tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I’d got a lovely dining table and chairs set off eBay that my Dad informed me was Ducal. It turns out Ducal used to be a well-known furniture producer in the UK, specifically pine but closed just under a couple of decades ago. I like Ducal furniture. Anyway, long story short, one of the Ducal chairs sits in the bedroom and I acquired a matching pair of excellent condition Ducal bedside tables from a charity shop<\/a>. There were two obstacles now, I would have to somehow acquire Ducal stain and I’d never stained wood before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incredibly, there is a shop in Chesterfield, Finney’s Wood Finishes, that my Dad told me about. I took a drawer down and instantly they knew what stain I should use: They produce a stain they call Antique Pine<\/a>, which is a perfect match for Ducal’s Victoria pine range of furniture. I got the smallest amount (500ml) for \u00a314 and gave the bed a couple of coats (after several YouTube videos on how to stain wood). I also finished it with yacht varnish<\/a> – a crucial recommendation to use an oil-based varnish as the stain is water-based. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it turned out well, a perfect match, for the bedside tables, which I think nicely lessens the contrast between the ornate finely made Ducal cabinets and the utilitarian rough chunky bed frame. (Feel free to disagree)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pine bed stained with ‘Antique Pine’ from Finney’s Wood Finishes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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