Blue Rustic Dresser

Blue Rustic Dresser

I did this piece way back in October, but I really fell behind on my posting things on my blog.

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.

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.

 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.

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.

  

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. 

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.

Classy White and Cherry Dresser

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!

I finished it and had it sold the next day!

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.

Next was stripping down all 12 drawers, and boy was that a chore, this girl had a backache after this step.

Here they are nicely stained and waiting for their 

protective wax.

Next I painted the body with Annie Sloan Chalk paint. I mixed equal parts Old White and Pure White, to get the perfect white.

Here she is all waxed and ready to sell! Isn't she pretty!

Fun Grey and White Buffet with a Surprise Inside!

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.

Coastal Colors Lowboy Dresser

  

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.

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.

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.

See the ugly fake wood top!

There are 9 drawers it took me awhile to paint them 3 different colors.