Updating a Mid Century Modern Dresser using General Finishes Milk Paint

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Welcome back my Beauties!
I hope you are all doing well.

We have had a busy holiday season so far with lots of furniture selling at the booth, so I haven't had a lot of time to post.

But I thought I would quick jump on the computer to show you a piece that just recently went to its new home.

I picked up this great MCM dresser for a deal because of the damage to the side and the pulls.

That didn't scare me though. I loved the design of the piece,  but my brain just had to figure out how I was gonna update it but keep its vintage charm.

The side had damage that was stained into the veneer. No amount of sanding would remove it.

Plus it was textured and that would just wouldn't work.

It was not quite a blonde style dresser but had almost a white wash feel to it, so I decided that was how I was gonna work with it.

The top was laminate and in perfect condition so I decided I would work along those colors.

I decided to go with General Finishes Reverent Gray because it went so well with the top and the finish on the drawer fronts.

I scrubbed the whole dresser and wiped it down real well and got started.

After giving the base 2 coats and letting them dry it was time to start on the hardware to see how I could keep the damaged pieces. I decided I would leave the drawer fronts unpainted but paint the pulls.

But that meant removing all the metal inlays.

I learned this trick years ago. I just took a screwdriver and popped them out.

This way I could sand all the pulls and paint them with the reverent gray and not have to worry about getting paint on the metal.

Since I had all the metal pieces out I decided to give them a clean up and freshen up with some farmhouse gold spray paint.

Once everything was dried and cured I could put it all back together. Getting the metal strips in was the hardest part of the whole project. You can't just pop them back in you have to glide them into the groves. So I grabbed my rubber mallet and tapped them back where the belong. 

Then it all went back together. 

You can see how the paint on the hardware and the sides really made that vintage finish show through on the drawer fronts.

It freshened it up, but still kept that MCM feel.

Now it is being used again and being enjoyed.

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover 

and I hope you have a great Holiday!

Until next time,

Have a Beautiful day! 

Vintage Farmhouse style Dresser Makeover

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Welcome back my Beauties!

Can you even believe it? I have another makeover for you! 

I have been blasting through projects this last week as we get ready to head west for a few weeks for our annual hiking trip.

Today I am going to show you how I easily made over this vintage little dresser.

I picked it up at a garage sale for $15

I know it looks like it isn't in that bad of shape, but the bottom two drawers were missing there bottoms, and the piece had been stripped at one point but they gave up on certain parts and then did an  antiquing  treatment over it.

So we used some LAUAN wood we had in the garage and made new drawer bottoms.

For the fronts I just cleaned them up and set them aside.

For the base I picked General Finishes Basil Milk Paint

to keep that vintage feel

I used it on my other small dresser makeover and just loved it. You can see that makeover HERE --> Vintage chest of drawers makeover

So after prepping the base by sanding and wiping down,

I gave it two coats and let it dry.

Once it was dry, I put the drawers back in and used my 

Deco art Winterberry Wreath Stencil and placed it where I wanted it.

I used my General Finishes Milk Paint in Alabaster because I loved how the white played off the wood finish.

I also added these simple white knobs to play off the wreath.

I just loved how it came together and it was so simple.

What was once sitting at a garage sale waiting to be loved again,

is now ready for it's new home.

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover!

If you want to follow along with our trip out West,

be sure to follow along on my Insta Stories HERE

or my FB stories HERE!

Until next time,

Have a BEAUTIFUL day! 

MODERN FARMHOUSE DRESSER MAKEOVER

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Welcome back my Beauties!
I hadn't planned on doing a post today,

but I am in PROJECT mode before we leave for Spring Break and I had to bring some furniture into the booth, so I figured I would share one of the projects I had just finishes.

I picked up this dresser at the thrift shop for a steal.

I knew it was beat up, but it was SOLID and a BEAST 

so I knew it just needed a little TLC to bring it back to a functioning piece of furniture.

Lucky for me the base was the most beat up.

The drawers were actually pretty good and just needed to be cleaned up to bring back their pretty grain.

Here you can see them all cleaned up.

Since this thing was so solid I wanted to save what wood finish I could.

The rest of the piece was so hacked up I knew that it would have to be sanded down.

So I grabbed my favorite little tool, my Ryobi Cordless Sander and got to work.

I tested a few colors next to the drawers before I started sanding and I went from there.

For the base I picked one of General Finishes new colors "Alabaster"

I don't tend to paint things white. I love color!
But this was like the perfect creamy white that played off perfectly with the hardware and the drawers.

You can see here just after one coat, how much it changed the look of the base. 

No longer beat up, it looked fresh and clean!

Here you can see it playing off the wood and the brass hardware.

It was perfect.

Since this is Michigan, I had to photograph the piece at my booth!

At least I didn't have to freeze my fingers off to photograph it.

So there you have it!  One of about the million projects I have been working on.

I hope you are enjoying some warm and spring like weather.

We have to leave the state to get that, so we will be traveling a thousand miles to see the sun and warm!

If you want to follow along,

join me over on Instagram !

Just click HERE! to keep up with the behind the scenes!

Until next time,

Stay warm!

Romantic Vintage Floral Dresser Makeover

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WELCOME BACK MY BEAUTIES!

I am so excited to show you this latest makeover.

You know I have been loving the new transfers 

for furniture!

Like this one that you can see HERE 

Or my Husbands old dresser that I gave a re-makeover HERE 

Or the first one I did HERE

I told YOU, I have been having way too much fun! :)

ANYWAY, I wanted to do something a little different and so I decided to go with a bit more of a romantic graphic

and not so much the advertisement style. 

But first I had to prep my piece.

I LOVE old maple dressers but this one was quite beat up, so I knew it would be the perfect piece for this project. 

I grabbed my sandpaper and gave the piece a good sanding and then wiped it down.

Then once it was prepped I grabbed my General Finishes Lamp Black Milk Paint and got to work. 

Since I would be putting the graphic over these two drawers I didn't need to fully paint them, just around the edges.

Once everything was dry I could get to the fun part. 

Rubbing on the gorgeous Transfer

I chose the DARK ROMANCE transfer. I just fell in love with the vintage romantic feel. 

I mean...look at how awesome it plays against the black.

As for hardware I just decided to use the original and give it a shot of SILVER Spray Paint

I am seriously IN LOVE! 

It really changed the whole look of the beat up old dresser.

Plus it plays perfectly with the silver hardware.

Well, I am off to work on more pieces!

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover. 

Until next time,

Have a Beautiful Day!