[suezanna]

you didnt say whether your furniture is already painted or not so here goes:
1 if it is painted you must first prime it. this can be done easily with white emoltion paint. then when this is dry you can gloss any couler.
2 if it is bare wood you must undercoat the wood and then gloss. hope this helps you and dont forget to paint the top coat lightest blue first then let dry then paint the dark couler last. sue from youghal cork