I have had great luck in selling furniture pieces in different shades of gray. I tend to go for the colors that I like – Kendall Charcoal, soft grays, shades of indigo blue. As for a paint sprayer, I have a heavy duty commercial grade HVLP setup, but I made that investment once I started painting cabinets as a business. Prior to buying it, I used an HVLP conversion gun from Wagner. It’s very much like my current sprayer, except I connected it to my air compressor and had to adjust the pressure on the compressor and the gun to use it. With my current setup – I don’t have to fiddle with the pressure. But the conversion gun was a great (and inexpensive) place to start, and I got great results. It’s what I used to spray my kitchen cabinets! Here is a link – http://www.gleempaint.com/hvcongunnew.html. Gleem Paint is wonderful to work with too – I’ve called them on numerous occasions with questions and they’re super helpful and knowledgeable.

1) What do you think is the best selling color to paint a piece of furniture like an end table, or a dresser? I’m going back-n-forth between 1)a gray-beige chalk paint…2) a matte or satin bright color…aqua, red…3) black/charcoal or navy.

2) What paint sprayer do you use / would recommend?

Thank You!