Craft Show Prep with My HomeRight Paint Sprayer

The Hobnob Market is now just a week away. From June to November we spend most of our free time curating vintage goods, flipping furniture and repurposing projects to sell at this vintage and handmade market. We usually paint around two dozen pieces of furniture for this market. And while I love transforming an old desk or table with a new coat of paint, it’s a total timesuck.

I have finally found a way to be more productive with less effort {slow clap}. No, really – I’m not kidding. This one tool has forever changed our furniture flipping business.

Introducing the easiest way to prep for a craft show
(or paint several furniture pieces at once)

I’m more impatient than most and love a good shortcut whenever I find one. That’s no secret. But paint sprayers. Meh. The ones we tried were messy, hard to clean and inconsistent. Not worth it. That is, until we tried the HomeRight Finish Max.

I had read other DIY bloggers review the HomeRight Finish Max and tentatively put it on our list to try, but we were still skeptical. Could it really provide a factory-like finish? Is it going to be a hassle to clean?

After meeting Jenna from Rain on a Tin Roof this summer, we learned about how this paint sprayer was a game changer for furniture painting. She also has a really awesome post on how to use it here… (and she recently published an awesome book here.)

So one sunny afternoon, we placed our HomeRight Spray Shelter in the backyard and went to town. From the moment I turned it on and sprayed our first piece of furniture, I knew this would be life changing for us… yes, a paint sprayer can have that affect. In fact it made painting FUN. What the what?

Pretty soon Corey and I were fighting over the chance to spray. That afternoon we decided that we must paint all the things.

I felt like Oprah handing out new cars… only I was in my basement pointing to all the furniture we had thrifted this summer. YOU get a new paint job and YOU get a new paint job and YOU get a new paint job and YOU and YOU and YOU!

My sister came over that afternoon and saw all the furniture in the lawn drying. She remarked that it looked exhausting and she couldn’t believe I painted all that in an afternoon. But you know what? It wasn’t exhausting at all. It was EASY.

And switching colors? Piece of cake. It took less than 10 minutes to clean the sprayer in my utility sink AND pour in another color. Take a look at some of the items we painted specifically for the Hobnob Market. All of these pieces were painted in about 4 hours total (split between two different afternoons). We’ve never been able to finish that many pieces in such a short amount of time.

Charcoal (Latex Paint)

NOTE: We love to chippy painted furniture, so many of these pieces were artfully distressed after the paint dried. I love the look of this charcoal color with the stained wood poking through. 

Getting in the tiny grooves of these old frames? Effortless.

You know we can’t resist finding ways to use maps in our projects as well. This colorful page from an old atlas makes a perfect table top.

Light Aqua (Latex Paint)

Green (Chalk Paint)

Light Gray (Latex Paint)

Since we didn’t distress this little end table, you can really see how smooth the paint finish is. It’s like a factory finish. And, if you’ve painted anything similar you know how sucky it is to paint rounded or spun table legs. Not any more. Spraying this was painless.

Whether or not you are in the furniture painting business or simply appreciate finding a thrifty piece you can customize with paint, you must have this tool! It makes furniture painting a breeze. You too will want to paint all the things.

Cheers (and see you next weekend at the Hobnob Market)!

*Robb Restyle was provided a paint sprayer and spray shelter in exchange for this post. Read our full disclosure policy here. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Robb Restyle may receive a commission, but you won’t pay a penny more. Thanks for supporting our flea market addiction.*