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Painted Chest of Drawers

September 25, 2015

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Now I know that there are a lot of folks out there that believe that an old piece of furniture should never, ever be painted. That painting wood furniture “ruins” it. Take a good look at the “before” photo of the chest of drawers that I recently painted.

chest-of-drawers

I think you might agree that this piece would be the exception to the “no paint” rule!

This beat-up, old chest was given to me by my daughter. A former roommate had left it in her house. When I first got it, there were nails pounded into it! The finish was very rough and included several water rings on the top. I think someone at some time had tried (unsuccessfully) to refinish it because there were some dried drips of stain on some of the drawer fronts. What a mess!

chest of drawers rescue

When I found out that General Finishes was sponsoring this month’s Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest, I was thrilled. I’ve heard great things about their products but have never tried them before. Here was my chance! I chose a quart of their milk paint in Antique White.

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Just look at that color! I made the right choice!

I’m getting ahead of myself here.

chest-of-drawers-painted

The first thing I did was haul that old chest out front and wipe it down. The second thing I did was remove the hardware and the flower decal from the top drawer. That was easy: a few taps on the handle of the putty knife wedged underneath of it and the decal came right off.

chest-of-drawers-makeover

However, after one coat of the milk paint, it was clear to see that I didn’t sand ALL of the glue off the drawer front.

chest-of-drawers

No problem! Now you can’t even tell it was there. I chose to leave the hardware as is.

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I didn’t paint the top of the chest. I like the look of a stained top with a painted base. I gave the top a good sanding and then used a dark walnut stain.

diy-painted-chest-of-drawers

As for the drawers, I only painted the drawer fronts. I had different plans for the insides ; )

Since this month’s theme for the Fab Furniture Flippin Contest is “geometric”, I chose to use the geometric part on the inside of the drawers.

chest-of-drawers-painted

And okay, I’ll be the first to admit that “stripes” just may be stretching the “geometric” just a bit! But I really like this paper!

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and really, aren’t stripes actually just a bunch of rectangles? and aren’t rectangles geometric shapes???

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And don’t those “geometric” stripes look pretty awesome in my fab, flipped chest of drawers!?!

FFFC - main graphic revised for Sept. (1)

Be sure to check out the features from this month’s co-hosts, On Fern Avenue, and Thirty Eighth Street;  and browse the links!

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Comments

  1. Kimm at Reinvented says

    September 25, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    Nailed it! Love the stripes, and you are so right, that color is gorgeous! I am in love with GF stains, will have to try the milk paint soon! Have a great weekend Jeannie!!

    Reply
  2. Brenda Young says

    September 28, 2015 at 12:01 am

    Great revamp, I love paint paired with stain, and this piece looks wonderful with a nice new crisp look!

    Reply
  3. karen@somewhatquirkydesign says

    September 29, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    It turned out beautifully! I love a dark stained top with white.

    Reply

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