glazing.

I learned how!

I bought this lamp at a yard sale.

I tried to color match the curtains, but it didn't pan out all that well.

(the actual color is much lighter in person)

I thought glazing it black would darken it, 

so I watched a bunch of online tutorials to learn how.

It's super easy.

The glazing bug bit me, 

so I tried brown glaze on this chair:

before brown glaze

after brown glaze

Then I tried gray glaze on this lamp:

before gray glaze

after gray glaze

It's a pretty cool finishing technique.