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Even though this is a messy job and I am left with a backache, I get so excited for each new piece that comes my way.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grey Paisley Dresser and Side table</span></div>
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Actually finished November 2015</div>
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I had been waiting a long time to find the right piece to try this fabric detail and I am so happy with the outcome that I am definitely doing this again!</div>
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The furniture has wonderful detail but the wood tones are faded and sad. There is a fake veneer so there is no stripping or staining that I can be done on them.</div>
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I just love this paisley burlap!</div>
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The body gets a couple coats of French Linen and the drawers get a lighter version of French linen that I made with Old White. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">In the end you will see by using two tones of this color it will give it nice dimension.</span></div>
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Adding the fabric was pretty easy. I cut it to fit and then spread a layer of Mod Podge on the drawer where the fabric is to go. Once that is done lay the fabric down and smooth out any air bubbles. Then apply another liberal dose of Mod Podge to the top of the fabric and let dry. I do this with the drawers out of the dresser facing up so there are no drips.</div>
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I am so in love with this!!!</div>
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What do you think?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Corner Hutch</b><b>With ceiling tin wallpaper</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Actual finish date was February of 2015</span></b></div>
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It can be a lot of hard work to take something so basic and plain and make it come to life again, but seeing the before and after reminds me why the hard work is worth it!</div>
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One of my favorite colors is Annie Sloans French Linen, it compliments all other color choices. The blue green color is a color I had specially mixed so I cannot tell you the color. I have used this textured wallpaper on quite a few projects now. Here are a few links that will show how to apply wallpaper to furniture. <a href="http://shabby2uniquelychic.blogspot.com/2014/04/dumpster-to-rustic-diva-dresser.html" target="_blank">http://shabby2uniquelychic.blogspot.com/2014/04/dumpster-to-rustic-diva-dresser.html</a></div>
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Here a some of the products I use to antique the wallpaper. It can be a long process of painting and dabbing to get it to look just the way you want it to.</div>
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Coat one of glaze. The camera flash makes it look darker than it really appears in person.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I absolutely love this piece! It was a big one to deal with, getting it loaded on the truck, getting it in the garage by myself, and a lot of square footage to paint, but the end the results were so worth it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Come and see the transformation for yourself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First I start with a layer of French Linen from Annie Sloan chalk paint</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I do the same to the body of the armoire and then pick a few more spots to accentuate with light grey and bits of white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But here she is the finished piece, isn't she gorgeous!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't done a blog post in a long time, and I haven't painted much furniture this year. It was a year full of other priorities, but now I am happy to be able to be back in the swing of things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a set of nightstands that were found on the side of the road by a friend. They had been clearly left out for a long time, they were brittle, chipping and in all around bad shape. In their previous life they had been a vanity and must have been separated at some point. They have grooves where they had been connected. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My friend gave these to me, and I decided I was going to redo these for my daughter's college dorm room instead of selling them. The drawers were in good shape, but the body of these nightstands were in bad shape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a lot of missing veneer and rough spots, and if I were selling these I would have spent time filling in those with wood filler, but all I did was wipe them down to get the grime off, did a little sanding to knock off the chipping paint and then started painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I stripped down the drawers, because I am going to be staining them and giving them a unique look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mixed my own color of grey from Annie Sloan chalk paint. I used pure white and graphite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To add more interest I painting the trim pure white. I stained the drawers and use a stencil I bought from Hobby Lobby. After the drawers dried I sanded slightly to soften the stenciled parts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the part where they used to be joined. I was originally going to leave it as is since they were just going into a dorm room, but I just could leave it as is. Filling it with wood filler would have been time consuming and you still would see a huge imperfection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here is my solution! I had a some nice strips of scrap wood that I cut to the right length and just nailed them into place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Paint and Ta Da, that imperfection is now hidden. If I had had some fun trim pieces I would have done that, but I am going economical on this piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now look at these cuties! You would never guess how ugly and abused they had been before this. Someone's trash really can be someone else's treasure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are some knobs I bought a long time ago at Hobby Lobby, but I am pretty sure they still sell them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think for about $25 I turned these freebies into something special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought it like this and even though it is cute it really lacked personality. Someone had just used a sprayer to spray light grey paint, but with minimal work I was able to give it a little style. I did this piece back in October, I am just behind in my blog posts.</span></div>
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This dresser was in very sad shape when I got it, and there were quite a few repairs that I had to do along the way, but it is so gratifying when you have saved something before it hits the garbage heap. It was wobbly, veneer coming off on top, drawers were warped on the inside, and the bottom wasn't even leveland was missing trim.</div>
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First thing to do was to fix the veneer, lots of glue and clamps for this one. I have never dealt with veneer in such bad shape. I really wanted to stain the top, so keeping it intact was an important job. It was going to have to be a rustic little dresser so it didn't have to be perfect, but at least sturdy.</div>
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After much contemplation I decided to add some height and detail to the bottom. I took some large wood finials that already had screws in them, I chopped off the top of the finial and screwed them to the bottom of the dresser. It looks funny now but will look nice once it is all painted.</div>
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I should have taken pictures of the drawers before I pulled all the old warped bottoms out. Using a circular saw (with help from hubby) I cut new drawer bottoms with some thin plywood, and slid them right into place and put a few small nail in to make the bottoms secure.</div>
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I then painted the body of the dresser Duck Egg by Annie Sloan Chalk paint. In this picture I have not stripped the drawers down yet and restained. </div>
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Here is the end result, after all the repairs, stripping an restaining the top and the drawers. I think it turned out really nice and it sold right away.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have to say this was a gorgeous dresser from the beginning, and I knew it would not take much for it to be outstanding. You can't tell from this picture but is had turned more of an orangy color and it has lost it's rich cherry tones. Let me just say this baby was solid cherry and heavy! Heavy is an understatement! Usually once you pull the drawers out they are so much easier to handle, but not this baby, it was a cherry beast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I started off by stripping down the top and boy did it have a thick gooey layer of shiny lacquer to get off of there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Next I painted the body with Annie Sloan Chalk paint. I mixed equal parts Old White and Pure White, to get the perfect white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here she is all waxed and ready to sell! Isn't she pretty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am really not sure what kind of wood this one is, but the top was fake laminate, so I had no choice but to paint the whole thing. Thought I would do something fun and paint the inside a bright color. I painted the outside with Anne Sloan chalk paint Old white and a mixture of Charcoal and old white to make the grey color. I actually used a latex paint for the inside, since I already had it on hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I did this dresser back in July and I am finally getting it posted on the blog. I am much better at keeping my Facebook page updated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This dresser need serious help, on its own it is not completely ugly, but really needed an upgraded look. The top wasn't even really wood, it was that fake 70's resin wood. I wanted to have some fun with this one and decided to do some coastal colors. Since I live near the beach it made it even more fun to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I didn't take any pictures of the process, because by this point I have done so many dresser like this that if you need to see how I do it you can look at my other tutorials. I used Annie Sloan chalk paint, Provence blue, old white and French linen. I did a light wash of Duck Egg over the Provence blue to tone it down and give more depth to the blue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> Yep drawers galore here!!! These are the drawers for the lowboy dresser and the nightstand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is what the finish was looking like, not good, not good at all!</span></div>
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I want it to have a layered look when I go to sand and distress it, so I am purposefully painting the first coat with ASCP Old White.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is the first coat of my homemade mixture of French Linen. I used all Annie Sloan chalk paints to make it. I wanted this to match the tallboy dresser so I needed to mix together the same mixture, it is like being a mad scientist of chalk paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I mixed a color darker than French Linen for all the flat parts of the drawers, this will give the dresser more depth in the end. Is it more work to do this? YES! Is it worth it? YES!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I would have never been brave enough to try this if it weren't for seeing other people do it first. One of my favorite websites is HomeTalk, if someone has done it you will find it there. If someone hasn't done it then you can ask the pro's and get your questions answered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is a clipboard I put together to show you there are so many other creative people out their painting the fabric on furniture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I bought this chair about 3 years ago at Habitat for Humanity thrift store, for about $60. I saw what great lines it had, and it was still in great condition, I was just not fond of the pink color. I figured that when I could save up a little extra money I would have it recovered, ya well that never happened. Then recently I saw that others were painting upholstery and I thought "how cool, I want to try that!" Then I remembered my darling pink chair that I had neglected to get recovered. I then tucked the idea in the back of my brain and waited for summer so I could do it when it was warm and the paint would dry faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here are the products I used, Glidden satin finish, in Pebble Grey, and Anita's textile medium. I decided to follow tips from other that have done this and did not follow the directions of the Anita's medium bottle. I added one bottle textile medium, 2 parts paint and 1 part water for my first coat. I went through a lot of paint and used 3 of the textile mediums. I probably could have used more of them, but that was all that was in stock at the store. I can't remember what the medium cost, but it was not bad at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First I decided to prime my wood before painting the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is the first coat of paint, still a lot of pink showing through. The first coat of this cushion took a lot of paint, and I was not sure I was going to have enough grey paint so I decided to make the same mixture, but used some BEHR Swiss Coffee paint (a soft white), for the base coat and then do the grey on the final coat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Almost finished, I just need to sand all the fabric and distress the wood slightly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can't see it in the pictures but due to the nap of the fabric every time I sanded a little bit of the pink popped through. I decided it actually softened the look and used it to my advantage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~ Other tips that I have seen on other blogs was either adding extra water to the paint and fabric medium or spraying the fabric with water before putting on first coat. I decided to add water to the paint mixture. I think next time I will try spritzing it with water first. My mixture was too runny and I think it soaked into the fabric too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No, it is definitely not soft as before and does have a stiffer feel to it. I am glad I tried this on a chair that is more of an accent chair, and not one we sit in all the time. The top of the seat is soft, but the I think the middle that connects the top and bottom of the cushion together got too many coats of paint. There were so many crevices to get into with the pipping, that it just seemed to happen that way. So that part is stiffer than I would like. I think if I am able to sand it some more it will soften up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I definitely would do this again, it was actually quite easy. It did take more paint than I thought it would, a lot more than other peoples did, but this chair was mostly fabric. I had about 1/2 a quart of paint left over from another project and I used almost all of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I bought a whole dresser set off of Craigeslist for a really good price. I knew that it wasn't a high quality piece, laminate top, fake wood grain, but I saw the detail and the potential it had, and knew it would look great painted. I feel like anything can be redeemed with a little paint and TLC.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I started out with Old white on the body, but after painting the drawers I just didn't like how it all looked together. The cool thing about making mistakes or changing your mind is that it can actually enhance things in the end. After sanding the white pops through giving more dimension. I did a lighter version on French Linen on the body and did a darker French linen on the drawers. The top I did in the darker French line color. Old white trims out the drawers, top, and bottom edge. It is hard to see the difference in colors in the pictures, but in person it really adds more depth and interest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This poor baby had been painted and refinished so many times it was just plain ole tired looking. When I pulled the drawers out there was white, teal, and pink residue from previous paint jobs. The hardware had that 80's look and does not work on an early 1900's dresser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Once I posted this on my Facebook page I had a buyer and I was able to paint it and stain it just how she wanted it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first thing I tackled was to strip down the drawer, top, and side panels so I could re-stain them a darker richer color. I would like to tell you what color stain I used, but I mixed a few to get the color I wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used a new product on this one, or at least new to me. I used Shabby Paints in Licorice. They have a product call VAX that you use to protect the paint instead of wax. It goes on with a brush or a sponge, and is water based and really easy to use. I am sold on this product!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16706678857898048158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592552654959528450.post-30429912829140402222014-04-11T21:19:00.001-07:002014-04-11T21:40:57.831-07:00Classy Rustic Dresser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I will admit now that I kept this beauty for myself and it is now in my entryway. I just love this piece too much and knew I would regret selling it. So this baby is ALL MINE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here you can see the weird texture of the varnish. I have never seen anything like it, but I guess it was typical with this furniture maker in this era.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So in this picture I already stripped down the top, and I believe it was mahogany. I painted the body Old white by Annie Sloan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The drawers were very hard to strip down with all the raised detail. I worked hard not to damage anything.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16706678857898048158noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592552654959528450.post-91975647038201207152014-04-05T12:10:00.001-07:002014-04-05T12:10:33.636-07:00Dumpster To Rustic Diva Dresser<div style="text-align: center;">
<a data-pin-config="none" data-pin-do="buttonBookmark" href="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/"><img src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" /></a> <span style="font-size: large;"> I bought this poor little dresser from an estate sale, and it had definitely seen better days. At some point someone had spray painted it black over the top of chipping white paint, so you could see every spot the old paint was and wasn't. Since this was going to be a more rustic piece I decided not to strip it down, but just sand down the high spots. Even if I were to strip it down the wood underneath was not going to be pretty. I thought this would be a fun piece to add my textured wallpaper that looks like ceiling tin.<script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started off by sanding down the high spots, but still wanted to leave some of the roughness since this dresser is going to be rustic. But from the pictures you can see how bad the second paint job was over the top of the old chipping white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alright here I am going to show you my step by step on how I put the textured wallpaper on the dresser and how I paint it to make it look aged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First I measure carefully, knowing that both side of the dresser are not going to be completely the same. This paper already comes with paste on it so that is one step you do not have to worry about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next fold in half gently so that paste side is facing paste, and allow 3 min so that the paste becomes totally wet and this allows the paste to activate and get gummy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next just simply place the paper on the dresser and slowly and gently rub the air bubbles out. I haven't really had a problem with air bubbles with this paper, but you will get some seepage of the paste as you are working it into place and getting out air bubbles. Just clean up the excess paste with a slightly damp paper towel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put the paper on in the evening and I allowed the paper to totally dry over night and began painting it the next day.</span></div>
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Even though I sanded and cleaned up, de-greased this piece before I painted I had a spot were the paint was bubbling and chipping off. I scrapped off the chipping paint cleaned that area again, but it still did the same thing, and yes this is a point of frustration! A trick I have learned from others is to spray it with a spray shellac. It dries really fast and then just paint over it, it creates a barrier that allows the paint to stick. Zinsser is the brand I used.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alright moving on to the aged painting technique I use. These are some of the products I use to help get the aged patina. For this dresser I used everything but the Metal and Patina glaze. This particular glaze is more golden and I needed it to be more sliver, but I wanted to show you options. The Zinsser blend and glaze I have had for years and years and years, so you will need to find a newer version of this, plus there are many brands out there that you can buy at your local hardware or paint shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First I put the Paris Grey down as a base and I used this color since it is the color of my dresser. I am going to be putting many layers of different concoctions on and each layer pops through a little giving it depth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next I mix some antiquing glaze and glaze extender. The glaze extender gives me time to work with the antiquing glaze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't get scared with this step, I know it looks gross and dark, but just remember there are more layers to come. This layer is very important to continuing giving the paper depth and contrast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next step I am adding in some of the Martha Stewart metallic glaze. I could easily leave it at this point if I wanted to (of course cleaning up the edges), but I want to add in some more layers for this piece. My drawers are white so I want to tie in some of that color onto the sides. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used some Annie Sloan Old white and used a very dry brush and a light touch to apply it. I worked with it until I got the effect I wanted. I also dabbed in just a little more Paris grey here and there. For me the point is that no one color is really that dominant, they all work together to give the aged look. I take a practice piece of wallpaper and play around with it to see what I want to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my little cutie after some clear wax. The top is actually the Paris grey trimmed out with old white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The hardware was dark rod iron, and I felt I needed to soften it up so I did a dry brush of old white. The hardware was bought at Hobby Lobby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I bought this desk at an estate sale it was covered in nick knacks so after I bought it and they took everything off of it I realized the top had faux leather, and not pretty faux leather either. It was damaged and discolored, so now my dilemma begins, what to do what to do! If I dig out the faux leather then I end up with an uneven surface. To replace it with real leather made for desks it was going to be too much money. I decided that since chalk paint adheres to anything why not faux leather?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hold on to your hats, here we go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The faux leather top is a greenish yellow hue and not pretty. The rest is pretty beat up, nicks and dings everywhere. This desk is asking for new life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I forgot to take pictures, but I stripped the varnish off the top and the drawers. And stained them with English chestnut stain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used a wall stencil that I picked up from the craft store, and put my first layer of detail on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I felt it was a little plain with just the one layer from the stencil so I decided to get out my little brushes and add hand detail. I used different shades of lighter greys and a little Old white ASCP. It really made a difference!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep we are back to the ugly top! After masking it off I got to painting the faux leather. I forgot to take pictures of this process, but basically I painted a couple of layers of French Linen with Annie Sloan chalk paint</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course I could not leave it plain, it looked too naked, so once again out came the stencil and used the same technique as the rest of the desk. I also added some white wash detail to the nooks and crannies to give more dimension.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The back was a mixture of grey chalk paint, not even sure what ratios I used. I was trying to use up other paints that I had mixed for other projects. You don't want to waste chalk paint if you don't have to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a very fun piece to do for a client of mine. We actually adventured out together to get the piece from a place that clears out estates. This piece came straight to my garage and will soon get to join my client in her home. She is going to use this buffet as a TV console, which I think is a brilliant idea! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the wonderful before! It has great structure and detail so I at this point I already knew it was going to be a great piece to paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We wanted some extra dark detail to pop through in the end when I go to shabby it up, so I use Annie Sloan Graphite to paint around the edges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next come a coat of Paris Grey. After painting the top I decided the next coat would be darker so it would contrast a little from the whole body of the piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here I am adding in dark accents to the deepest parts of the trim, and Using a mixture of Old white and Paris Grey for the the edges of the doors and on the trim of the doors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This cute little dresser was quite a find. Sometimes Craigelist can be hit or miss, but once in awhile you can find a deal that you can't pass up and this dresser was one of them. It is from the 1930's and is in wonderful condition. The construction of this piece is quality all the way around and I wish every piece I bought was as well made as this one. I went simple on my makeover on this one, because I wanted as much of the natural wood as possible. I think the most of the wood is a burled walnut. It is hard to see in these photos how gorgeous the grain is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I just love the hardware, and it is in great condition, so I do not have to do a thing with those.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I stripped the drawers and top down, because I wanted to keep them wood, but the old shiny varnish had to go. Once stripped I sanded and stained the wood in an antique chestnut stain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I usually do one thick coat of paint and then I do 2 thinner coats of paint. I like a smoother finish so I lightly sand out the rough spots, and do what distressing I want to do. After that is the clear wax and this little cutie is done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I had to convince myself once again to not keep this dresser, I just love true antiques. The lady who bought this dresser is going to use it in her baby's room not just for a dresser, but for a changing table. I love that idea!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16706678857898048158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592552654959528450.post-18437038169231142882014-01-04T16:05:00.000-08:002014-01-04T16:05:13.420-08:00Elegant Country Chic Desk<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">First job is to strip the top so it can be stained in a dark Kona color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Drawers are degreased and clean and ready for paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is one coat of Kona stain, but it is the mahogany color is still popping through too much so I am going to do a second coat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a start but there is so much left to do</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the added detail that is going to make this desk really stand out, embossed wallpaper. I originally bought this wallpaper at Lowe's and it is designed to be painted. Right now it is just set in there and not painted, just to see if it would work. All I did was paint a layer of chalk paint, and then cut the pieces to fit. Once I knew the pieces would fit in nicely I just followed the direction for the wallpaper. It is pre-pasted so all I had to do was dredge through water, fold in 1/2 paste side facing in, let set for 30 seconds then unfold and set in place. Then very gently I rubbed all the air bubbles out. I let it fully dry overnight before I painted the paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my tester piece that helped me and the client decide what color to paint the desk. We picked the middle color and it is a mixture of mostly Old White and a little bit cocoa , Annie Sloan chalk paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To get the aged look on the embossed paper I painted it the same color as the desk, then I mixed a glaze mixture with a clear paint extender, and antique glaze from Lowe's . I brushed it all over the paper and dabbed off the excess. After it dried I did a dry brush technique with old white to make it pop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did have some bleed through with the original stain, so I had to do a spray shellac in those areas. I then put two more coats on, for a total of 3 coats of paint, and clear wax. Some people like to sand and shabby chic it after they wax, but I actually like to sand before waxing. I like a smoother finish, still shabby chic, but not to rustic looking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the final piece, and she is a beauty!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now if any of lived through the 90's we all dabbled in sponge painting, well there was a time and place and that time as long since vanished. (thank goodness). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I bought this desk as you see it in the first picture, and who ever painted it was surely a teenager or someone who couldn't see well. Aside from the sponge painting the paint job on the whole desk was horrible, thick brush stroke going every direction, so the prep work for this one involved a lot of sanding. As usual it will be worth it in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My doggie helper, or at least keeping me company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I decided to strip the top since the paint strokes were so thick and went every direction, I thought starting clean was easier than sanding forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sanded and ready to go</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This has been a fun project because I got to do this dresser for my Sister in law. Our husbands are brothers and this dresser is a family antique going back 3 generations. It has been painted many many times, I counted 3 layers and then I added the 4th layer. It was white then an antique glaze over that, then it is was light blue, and then green. I even found remnants of stenciling of daisies on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was time once again for this dresser to be updated so here we go on the journey of the Jolly Green Dresser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First thing was to sand the many many layers of latex brush strokes off the dresser</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Green is disappearing fast. The drawers and side panels are a mixture of 1 part Old White to 1 part French Linen by Annie Sloan chalk paint.</span></div>
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I was going to paint the top the lighter color and then paint a strip of the darker color near the top drawer, but then I decided that there was an imbalance of light to dark, so I am going to paint the whole top dark.</div>
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I like it much better with the dark top. This is it before the wax goes on, but my work shop got to dark to do the fine sanding and then waxing, so I will wait for the light of day and then take better pictures.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hard to believe it used to be green!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Final product what a simple yet classy redo!</span><br />
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These nightstands don't have much redeeming value as is, pretty ugly color if you ask me.</div>
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But of course I see them as much more than this, and see what they could become. Watch and see the transformation!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The nice thing about chalk paint is that you do not have to prime first. And when you are dealing with a piece that is faux wood and you can't sand it chalk paint it a wonderful thing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I used Annie Sloan chalk paint here, French linen and old white. I mixed the two together to get a lighter grey and Used old white in the trim and edges. The Top I will use straight French Linen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It took a very steady hand and a good paint brush to paint the grey over the white. On previous projects I have painted the grey first and white last and let me tell this way was much easier. I actually sand lightly in between coats, because I am going for a smooth finish in the end on this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A little clear wax and they are done! Aren't they cute! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I think painting the hardware white really softens the whole look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This desk is going to be a lot different than other pieces I have done. I have painted many pieces of furniture in my own home black, but have yet to do it for my business. This desk is going to be very clean and sophisticated when it is done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First I am going to strip the top because I am going to re stain it with a dark stain. I love leaving some of the wood showing if the wood if it is high quality wood.</span></div>
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I am also going to be stripping and staining the drawers too.</div>
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First coat of paint. I am using oil base paint for this one, because you can get a deeper richer black than with anything else, so this is going to need to dry for a day before I can put on another coat.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stained top and drawers and after that was thoroughly dry I waxed it with dark wax by Annie Sloan</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think this is one smart and sophisticated desk!</span></div>
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