I came across this ad for a dresser for sale on CL and thought it would make a nice buffet.
Have a looksee......
Forgot to snap a before shot before I got stripping! My stripper of choice is "Soy Gel". I've raved about it in other posts. No smell and completely non-toxic! Works just as well as the chemical strippers. And clean up is with water. Doesn't get any easier than that. You can order it online at the Real Milk Paint co or many other sites.
I wasn't about to put back the drawers for the pic. But here's what the whole enchilada looked like......
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| I keep collecting pieces to do, and then pushing them aside and working on the newer stuff!! lol |
I also wasn't about to move this beast inside to stage and then move it back out and load it onto the truck! I swear, this baby must weigh 200 lbs!
This one was off to my space at Debras Cottage in Costa Mesa.
The veneer was completely torn off this leg and badly peeling away on two the others. There were
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Just yesterday, I finally finished this buffet/dresser and it is ready for Etsy!
Although I used Annie Sloan Duck Egg Blue paint, I added a little twist by doing some gold metallic underneath....for a little glam! After some heavier distressing, the real wood and the softer metallic comes through, giving it a nice little variation.
Follow the recipe below:)
Two Toned Glam Distressing
For this finish, I start with a primer and metallic base coat that is painted on sporadically, randomly or artsy fartsy...however you like to look at it.
You do not cover the piece completely because you also want the original finish to show through.
First, basecoat with a primer tinted to gold color.
I used Sherwin Williams ProBlock tinted to a manual color.
This step will help the metallic adhere better and it will make the color richer. (Metallics will often come out too sheer on darker colors, so a matching base helps a lot.)
Take your paint brush and cover about 70% of the piece with the primer.
Now cover all the areas with primer with the metallic. This doesnt have to be neat. I used Modern Masters in Pale Gold, one of my favorite golds, ever. We dont want to bring on the bling too much.
Just make sure to brush out your strokes so you dont leave ridges and lap lines where the paint is!!
Using, Annie Sloan Duck Egg Blue Chalk paint, paint the piece, but do not cover completely.
Cover about 90% leaving some bare strokes to expose a lot of the gold and some of the bare wood. This is so you get a heavier distressed look
without so much sanding which would remove some of the gold.
You could also use something under the blue to resist like wax but this gives me better control.
Paint your second coat of chalk paint continuing to leave some gold and wood exposed.
Step a way from your piece at this time and see if you like the exposed areas..you can always add more paint to cover up. If its looking good to you, after your final chalk paint layer is dry,
you can distress with 100 grit sand paper, concentrating on edges and places where furniture would naturally age.
Here is the door before the last step, waxing with plain and then dark wax.
Last, apply a coat of plain wax followed by dark wax....
all of the depth really comes out.
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There is truely a surprise hiding inside this one
and this time its not simple drawer liners.
First lets remove the old hardware.
and add some new ribbon shaped pulls, 3 floral appliques and a vintage mirror.
I rescued this mirror after it had been left out in the rain and had started coming apart
at the joints. She had to be acclimatizing to room temperature after carefully re-assembling, gluing, and clamping, but shes a beautiful portrait again every time you gaze into her.
Okay lets get to the jelly, the hidden gem, the icing in the Oreo .....
The stool is inside! How cool is that?
and its on casters so it rolls in and out.
The secret is out at:
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A drawer with too many holes or holes that are too big:
But, the holes were too big so I had to fill them in.
Then, I needed more holes too, so I had to mark and drill them.
