Deep Blue French Dresser...

Found this french chest of drawers in a resale shop.

I was intentionally going to use only the

hardware.  I just couldn't.  So, I updated it.

Here is the before below.

 Needed some drawer repair.

We did that and now it's in fully working order.

I sanded most of it down

and cleaned it up.

I painted it in some new chalk paint

I wanted to try out.

It's Magnolia by Joanna Gaines

in the color silos district.

My verdict on the paint, it's like any other 

chalk paint out there.  Only problem is

they mix it before you order it.  So, it took about a week

in a half to get it.  Mind you I live in Humble, TX.

That's 20 mins outside Houston, TX. 

It adheres well and distresses good.

I did do 4 coats though.  First coat coverage

was good, but I wanted a more even

coverage.  

I added some gray and white stripped

paper to the back.  This piece did have a missing drawer.

Then we added some wood pieces to the sides

and bottom to make a shelf.

I stained and sealed those.

Distressed some areas on edges.  Not too over the top though.

Hardware I cleaned up and kept the white in 

the creases of the handles to go with

some of the white from distressing.

To make give it a little more, I added the striped

paper to the inside drawers.

Sealed everything in a flat finish.

It's all smooth and durable.

Love this!

  Would look amazing in a childs/tweens room.

Available, message if interested.

Gray Chalk Painted French Dresser....

Painted this cute french provincial dresser in 

a gray chalk painted finish,  Distressed edges, and added 

new hardware as the old hardware had missing handles.

Before below.

Antiqued the hardware that I added.

Sold with in a little over a week.

French Provincial Navy Dresser/Nightstands Set....

New client bought the french oversized nightstands

or half dressers from me back in January of this year.

She came back to me in April and wanted me to 

add her to my custom order list.  She had the matching 

french dresser plus the nightstands she wanted in 

a navy color.  I told her to pick a navy from the 

Benjamin Moore line.  She was going to pick 

New York State Of Mind, but I told her I used that color before

for a client it wasn't a true navy.   

I suggested Old navy which I have used also for a client.  That is

a true navy blue and beautiful!

She loved it and we went with that color.

Here are the befores of all three pieces below.

She waited patiently and we started on them a few weeks

ago.  We stripped them.. 

Primed them..

Then painted them in Benjamin Moore Old Navy.

Sealed in a high quality wax sealer.

Smooth flat clean finish.

She's going to be adding the hardware later.

It will be in a dark nickel.

Love it so much!  Worth all the hard work.  

Updated Dresser Set in Light Grey.....

New client contacted me thru my blog and wanted us 

to custom paint her childhood dresser set.  She is expecting later this year

and wanted this in the nursery.  

Here are the befores below.

She purchased the new hardware.  Although, the hardware

was slanted.  We went ahead and filled in all the holes

for the handles. Then made new ones so you wouldn't see a gap.

Look at these beautiful tops after we stripped them.

We sealed in all the dents.

Primed them.

We both decided on Nickel from Ben Moore.  

She wanted a light to medium grey.

The hardware she picked really brought out the pieces.

She loved them!

Totally different from the before.

White Mid Century Modern End Tables....

I had these mid century end tables for sometime

in my inventory.  They didn't sell as is or for a custom 

paint order, so I decided to paint them in my own design.

Here is the before below.

I decided on all white clean look.

Cleaned the brass tip feet.

They have glass tops which are removeable.

Oh, I'm in love.....

French Provincial China Cabinet......

This french provincial china cabinet was in our current

inventory available as is or if a client wanted it custom

painted in a style they chose.

A new client was referred to us from someone else and scheduled

an appt with us to come view this cabinet.  She also wanted 

to see our work up close, as she seen it numerous times online and loved it.

She had been following us quite a while and was very glad she

finally came to us!  She had such kind words for us on my

look and design I had.  Plus, she loved the finish we did on

furniture also.  She said as she was feeling one of my finished pieces

"It's so smooth and flat!  Even the chalk painted one is so smooth.

The latex finished one is the same, so smooth.  I love your work!"

As a custom furniture painter I'm sure you know, 

I LOVE to hear that!!  

Well, let's get to this beautiful piece shall we?

Here is the before below.

She was the 3rd new client who loved the deep gray dresser

I had painted in my own design and put up for sale back 

in Nov. 2016.  Needless to say, she wanted that color,

look, and design on this china cabinet.  She LOVED 

that look and color.

This was painted in Annie Sloan chalk paint.

I had custom mixed the color.

Aged it all with no distress.  

Painted the hardware silver and aged that also.

We paint all the hardware you can see.

Painted the inside and aged that as well.

She wanted the metal decor taken off the 

left and right windows.  Took off all the glass

even the one on the door.  

She didn't need the inside painted.

Smooth flat finish.

She absolutely loved it!!  

I love how it came out, so beautiful!!

French Provincial Dresser Updated....

One of our previous clients contacted us for a few dressers

we had in our inventory.  For this particular french provincial

dresser she picked,  she wanted a soft teal green.  

Here is the before below....

We stripped it all down....

sealed in the handle holes and added one single

hole in the middle of the drawers...

she also wanted glass knobs instead of the original hardware.

Primed it all.....

This is it completed and all painted in the 

teal color she picked from Benjamin Moore.

 

These are the glass knobs we both decided on....

All freshly painted and updated with a new look.

Smooth clean look with no distress or glazing.

Gorgeous!

Vintage black look for chest...

A client who purchased the nightstands set

we custom painted in a vintage black look 

(you can view those in a previous post),

wanted us to custom paint her chest of drawers 

just like the nightstands. 

Here is the before....

 Painted in Annie Sloan graphite....

aged and aged the hardware also....

Love it!