I'm not sure how long we have had this chest of drawers, it was given to us years ago and I have no idea how old it was when we got it.
I should have taken a picture of the top and sides. It had a lot of scratches and dings in it (also on both sides). I know some people go nuts over painting wood. I have a few things that are wood that I won't paint (like my great grandmother's sewing machine cabinet or my grandparent's bed) but I had no problem painting this. I bought paint for it about 3 years ago but for some reason I just kept putting off getting it done. I finally painted it Sunday.
I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris Grey, then sanded it back to distress it before I put the wax on. (It looks more blue in the picture because it is against a blue wall) The hardware was tarnished (I actually thought they were black until I went to take them off!) I did try to clean them but when I spent an hour on the first one and it still wasn't clean I held it up to the paint and I didn't like it that color anyway so I wasn't about to clean 14 of those little buggers! Didn't want to buy new ones so I gave them a good shot of black spray paint!
We are supposed to have storms again this weekend. I hope not - much of the ground is still water logged from last week.
Hope you have a great weekend!
4 comments:
I love how the chest of drawers and hardware turned out. It looks like a new piece of furniture. Way to go! Have a relaxing weekend!
That turned out beautifully! I know it feels good to get a project done that was waiting.
Great makeover! Definitely updates it.
I'm hoping to do the same thing with an old family dresser in the next year so I love seeing how great your's looks. Love the look of that chalk paint!
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