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.
Navy French Provincial Dresser.....
Got my hands on this beautiful french dresser
and decided to paint it in navy.
Here is the before below.
I custom mixed the color with annie
sloan chalk paint.
I distressed the edges only.
Kept hardware original.
Waxed in a design to make it look aged without dark waxing it.
Because, I loved the color with just clear wax only.
I'm like so totally in love!
Available for sale.
Message for more info.
Stormy Blue Duncan Phyfe Dresser.......
I had this beautiful duncan phyfe dresser for about
3 months in my inventory not listed as available.
I have quite a few like that in my inventory that are
not listed. Some need repair and some need stripping.
This particular one needed some repair.
After John repaired it I just went ahead and painted it
in my own color design.
I went for a stormy blue color with some gray tints
in it. I custom made this color from annie sloan
chalk paint.
Aged it but didn't distress it. I didn't think the look
I was going for would look good distressed.
My smooth flat finish.
I also painted and aged the hardware.
Loving this piece.
Dresser Painted Navy Then Added Modern Handles......
This was a furnished and custom painted
dresser for a client. She wanted picked a
navy color to go in her baby boys nursery.
They wanted it to look masculine and modern.
She picked these handles....
Here was the before....
We stripped it down and primed it,
then painted it with multiple coats
of the navy.....
custom flat finish....
sealed in the holes from the other handles...
a lot of holes....
if you go to my Facebook page you can see
the before and after on the drawers....
then added the new holes for the new handles....
It looks so beautiful!
We both loved it!!!!