I scored about 4 vintage dressers from the 60s.
All solid wood and in pretty good shape. I tried some different colors
this time and this is what I ended up with~ (Pardon my garage staging!! I am out of room!!!)
This guy is made from solid Elm! Have never seen elm before. So I sanded off the old stain and
found this gorgeous solid wood top! I think I put a light shade of walnut on it and used tung oil
to finish it off. Did a custom mix of my own chalk paint in different shades of blues.....Something different!
Found some mother of pearl knobs from HL and used those on the left drawers.Next one is a MCM dresser. Same thing. Sanded off the ick, redid the walnut fronts and top.
This one I used an oil base glossy white paint. About 4 coats! Its hard as nails when it dries!! Gave it some racing stripes for something different.
Ok...and #3 is a different looking vintage dresser in Coral!!
I had this oops paint for over a year and made some chalk paint with it.
Mod podged some frabic on the inner drawer fronts
I used a darker shade of coral on the inner door both for contrast and because I used
every last drop of the other shade on the body!!
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| Shhh....still have to wax the sides! I soooooo hate waxing...... |
ok....So there you have my vintage three!!! A little something for every taste!!!
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I get a large amount of comments suggesting
I must have the vision of each project in my head before I start.
This is NOT the case.
When I am in the mits of a building project there is a lot of sitting around and staring.
That doesnt sound quite right does it?
I sit back and look at what I have chosen to work with that day.
I look at each line, surface, and element on its own.
I suppose it is really shapes I see it my head.
How I want the shapes to be and figure out what I might have to create that look.
I started this project knowing I wanted the open space in the nightstands to have doors.
So off I go searching with a tape measure looking for something that might work.
What I found was the sliding panels that use to be part of this bookshelf,
but I used them sideways from their original install.
Yes ... thats the same shelf I showed you yesterday.
Told you then it was a long story.
Now that I had fun and interesting doors I had to trim
the boring flat drawer faces to have more character.
I have used this same trim on several different projects.
You can see another set of drawers I used it on here
and my bucket of it here.
With the original decoration on the door it only made sense
to mimic the look on the drawer face with the same shape, so I added the oval pull.
Im off to paint another bathroom vanity today so when I can find a bit more
time I will talk about more elements of the process and this cabinet.
Id love it if you would all stop into the Customers page
and take a peek at the newest photo and comment regarding their new vanity.
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