green dresser

This has to be one of my favorite pieces that I've completed! 

It didn't always start out as this.

It had a lot of chips in the paint, missing knobs, and scratches. But it has great bones and dovetailed drawers with curves I've never seen on a piece before!

I painted it with 2 coats of Annie Sloan's chalk paint in Antibes. Let me warn you that this color is green. Very Green.

Holy Frijoles!

I knew I had to tone it down, so I broke out my favorite glaze, Ralph Lauren in Tobacco. I've used this lots of times, one of my most well known projects was with the Avocado table.

I just wiped the glaze on with a cloth, and wiped off excess with a damp cloth. That is one of the reasons I love glaze. You can make it look exactly like you want it to, using more or less and you go.

After I glazed it, I waxed it with Minwax's Furniture Paste.

I just love the curves on this thing.

I love how the glaze brings interest to the top.

It also makes the details on the dresser more noticeable.

Because the dresser was missing some hardware, I filled in the holes on the top and found these vintage looking glass knobs to use instead.

Here's a Before Meets After shot!

It's for sale in the store if you're interested!