Antique Victorian Dresser Makeover using Milk Paint

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Welcome back my Beauties!

Sorry its been so long.

I have been working on plenty of stuff, just out of practice for taking enough pics to make a blog post!

In fact on this one I didn't take a full BEFORE picture because I was so excited to get started.

I had already cleaned the drawer fronts and added new hardware before I even started to take pics.

You can see from the one I have that the base of this vintage dresser was in sad sad shape.

The drawers were o.k.; they just needed some cleaning and loving.

But it was missing all the hardware minus the keyhole covers.

I had purchased these cup pulls a while back and was saving them.

I wanted something shiny to go with the dresser makeover so I removed the keyhole covers and the new hardware and cleaned them all and got ready to paint them.

I knew I was going to go with some rich paint color so I wanted a rose gold to accent the piece.

I picked Rustoleums Rose gold spray paint and gave them two coats.

While the hardware was drying I gave the base a good scuffing and sanding and wiped it all down.

Once that was done I could start coating the base.

I picked General Finishes Milk paint in Westminster green to play off the vintage style of the piece.

Look at how great the rose gold plays off the dark wood and deep green paint!

I love it and for a second thought about where I could put it in my house, but then I remembered I already have too many dressers :)

So there you have it. 

One of the many makeovers I have been working on the last few months!

I was looking through some other makeovers and was shocked to see that there was still snow on the ground in some of them.

I am not ready to look at snow again for a while, so I will do those posts LATER!

If you missed any of the last few makeovers you can see them Below.

Vintage Marushka Inspired Mountain Wall Mural

Vintage Advertisement Transfer artwork

Vintage Dresser Makeover using transfer and paint

It makes me feel a little better to know I did accomplish a few posts during this crazy time!
Until next time,

Stay Healthy 

and have a BEAUTIFUL day!

Vintage dresser makeover using Fern Transfers and General Finishes Milk Paint

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Welcome back my Beauties.

I am so excited to to show my latest makeover.

I was working on a couple pieces and got totally inspired and finally started on this beat up old dresser I have had for 6 months just sitting in the garage waiting for some love.

It was obviously an old little girls dresser.

It had the old school transfers from way back when I was a kid and they had been scratched off in a bunch of spots and the dresser had tons of gunk stuck to the top and the sides. 

I knew I would need my handy dandy Ryobi Cordless sander to make short work of the old transfers and all the gunk that was stuck all over it. 

I sanded the whole thing down and then cleaned it with some warm soap and water and let it dry.

Once it was ready I chose to use General Finishes Milk Paint in Alabaster. I liked the white color of the dresser but I wanted to give it a clean but vintage white feel. I painted on two coats and then when it was dry I got to work on the rest of the transformation.

I had some left over FERN TRANSFERS 

from a previous project which you can see HERE

So I decided I would use the rest of it up on this piece.

I slowly placed the pieces where I wanted them and rubbed them on. When I felt it looked right I rubbed it all down with a cloth to burnish it even more.

Then I used some spray matte finish to seal the piece.

I love how it turned out.

I added the crystal knobs to finish off its modern makeover.

I picked the clear knobs so it wouldn't take away from all the fun of the fern transfer.

Its hard to believe its the same piece.

Its also hard to believe I got to photograph this outside without freezing my rear off! 

Heres hoping Spring is on the way.

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover and I hope you have a

BEAUTIFUL DAY!

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!