This is the first time I've ever re-done a piece that has not sold. Many, many months have passed since I did
this dresser . It has sat in waiting in my dining room as I ate breakfast and looked at it, as I ate lunch and looked, and we all noticed it at dinner. "What should I do with this?" I asked myself over and over again. It is a beautiful piece, that did not need painting. But after I won some Annie Sloan stuffies, I figured it was high time I try out that silly old chalk paint I've been hearing so much about. And yes, it is great yadda, yadda, yadda.
The color is Provence, and then a dark wax rubbed over it
* SOLD*
Would be perfect as an entry table. To collect mail, keys and such as you walk in the door.
LOVE it Kathleen! I have a bed up here I want u to do for me if I ever get it down to you :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a HUGE improvement. Lovely for sure.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out absolutely perfect!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! Great job Kathleen! That's a great color and the dark wax really makes the piece.
ReplyDeleteit looks beautiful! i love this color on it! i loved the first version as well, but this one has more mass appeal i am sure.
ReplyDeletegorgeous
ReplyDeleteOh, the color is just beautiful. I haven't tried Provence yet. You did a great job with this piece.
ReplyDeleteMary
seriously in love with the color.
ReplyDeletethank you for such lovely inspiration! found you at MMS's link party, always a favorite!
hope you can swing by:
http://hellolovelyinc.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-sale-giveaway.html
smiles to you.
michele
Hi Kathleen,
ReplyDeleteYour dresser is gorgeous! I just love Provence. I did a wall treatment in my dd's room that I will be sharing soon with it. I love how you used the dark wax. Your aging of the piece is perfection. I just love it!
Leanne @ The Burlap Cottage
p.s. I am your newest follower, your blog is beautiful!
LOVE this! I'm in the burbs of ATL too! Where do you put your stuff? Or do you keep it all?? Mine is at Vintage Village in Snellville.
ReplyDeletei would love to feature your dresser on a feature im doing on just dressers, if this would be ok with you please let me know,
ReplyDeletelauren
Love that color! And the dark wax looks perfect on it!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! That is such a pretty colour.
ReplyDeleteThis is very similar to a chest I bought a couple of weeks ago. I said I wasn't going to paint it, but this really is making me think differently.
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job on her makeover...I love using this color with the dark wax.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Linda
The dresser is awesome and I love the color, but what really rocked my world was how you used just the handle part of the hardware. I just painted a dresser with similar pulls and I can't wait to get home and see if I can take them apart and use just the handle. That, and I'm beyond in love with the color on the door in the background. :)
ReplyDeleteAhh, what a beautiful color! I just love it!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Grace
I am very interested in how you did the top. I am new at this and want to try this look on a piece I bought at Goodwill 2yrs ago :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE it!! ~Serena
ReplyDeleteStopping by from FFF at Miss Mustard Seed's. What a great piece and a great colour.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I found this dresser on pinterest and fell in love! I hae 2 dressers that dont match and i would love to refinish them both like this! <3 how do you do it?!
ReplyDeleteThank you for another link on The CSI Project. I think your dresser turned out a lot better than your first try. I think it is good that you tried again after not being able to sell it.
ReplyDeleteOMG OMG OMG.
ReplyDeleteI just saw this dresser at a thrift store today. I went back to look at it a billion times. I just couldn't justify another dresser. I am a sucker for dressers, credenzas and chairs. Now you've given me the justification I needed to go back tomorrow and GET THIS DRESSER. I think I love you. :) YEAH! Thank you.
What type of dark wax did you use?
ReplyDeleteDo you have a tutorial on what you did to this piece? Thanks!
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