Directorie Dresser in Hale Navy....

Part 2 of one of wonderful clients.  Her home was flooded in Harvey.

Ruined her pieces we had furnished and custom painted for her 2

years ago.  Here was the original one we found and painted for her.

Same color benjamin moore hale navy.  Then added a water 

based gloss sealer.  Polished hardware.  We searched for weeks for the

exact piece and couldn't find it. Did find one up north in Michigan,

but she wouldn't ship.  Plus she was selling the whole bedroom set.

She then fell in love with this one I had in my 

inventory for a few years.

We stripped it.

Then i primed it and painted it hale navy.

Then glossed it.

She purchased the hardware.  We had to seal in the old hardware holes.

She loved it! How could you not it looks beautiful!

Plus with our custom finish...come on look at those

close ups 👀😲😍

French Executive Gray Desk...

One of our previous clients home was flooded 

during Harvey.  We had done a few pieces for her 

last year and they where destroyed. 

Here is the desk we had previously furnished & custom

painted for her last year that was destroyed. 

So we both searched and she found this one below.

I went to pick it up for her and she waited patiently till 

I could get to her order.  She wanted it the same color 

as the previous one I did.

Stripped.

Primed.

Painted in Restoration Hardware Graphite.

Done in a clean finish, then sealed in a matte

sealer.

Hardware kept in original condition.

Looks beautiful!  Even though her pieces where destroyed

by mother nature, they can be replaced.  So thankful her family and herself 

made it out safely 💗

Next post will be the dresser that we furnished

and custom painted for her, as her other dresser was destroyed.

Duck Egg Blue Aged Pulaski Lowboy Chest....

We found this really nice pulaski lowboy chest.  I repaired 

some loose veneer on top and added some

knobs to go with the original hardware.

Before below..

I decided to paint it in Annie Sloan duck egg blue.

Aged it in certain areas.

Distressed just the edges.

I didn't hand paint it, I sprayed it with my hvlp gun.  

Nice and smooth.

Really cute for a nursery, entry way piece, or the kitchen!

French White Baby Blue Dresser..

One of our many wonderful repeat clients came to us

and picked another dresser we had

in our inventory.  Then she wanted us to custom paint it.

Here is the french provincial dresser she picked

from our inventory.  This is in it's factory finish pictured below.

We stripped it down to the bare wood,  this was a

very hard finish to get off.  Three thick layers, primer,

paint, glaze, and the sealer.  We take everything off, even the inner parts along

where the drawers sit...I've heard of people

using only soap and water or tsp to 

wipe off previous waxes.  Then they paint over that with primer.

We don't do that, we strip it down completely for our latex finish, 

no light sanding with a 220 sandpaper either.

It's hard work, but it's a durable finish.  That's why my clients come 

back to me.  Plus, it's a awesome finish at that. 

We do this with milk and sometimes chalk paint,

depending on the look we are asked to do.

Next,  we primed it, then painted

 it with our favorite latex paint.

Benjamin Moore. 

She wanted it distressed lightly on the edges...

I painted the inner surface of the drawers baby blue and distressed that some.

Handles left original....

That paint isn't going no where.  It was work just to distress

it, couldn't get to the wood the finish is so durable.

All my pieces I custom paint are like that though.

Just beautiful!

Elegant Clean Look for Soft Gray Dresser.......

I had this triple drawer dresser in my

inventory for some time about a year.

Pulled it out and went to work on it.

Here is the before...I removed the big handles 

and the backplate/knob on the middle cabinet door

Stripped it down to bare wood, nice smooth sanding job

sealed in all the holes from the handles and nail holes

primed it and painted it a soft gray by Ben Moore

called nightingale 

went on a search for the perfect knobs....

antiqued the backplates decor on the top drawers

and cabinet drawer hinges

Looks way better then the before.

An elegant clean look.