It has been forever since I entered a
The Fab Furniture Flippin' Contest so I was very excited to join for April's "Make It Pretty" contest. This months contest is sponsored by D Lawless Hardware. For those who follow Creative Moments, you know I have found amazing hardware from D Lawless. Check out their website, they have everything you need when it comes to hardware.
I chose to use their Augustine drawer pulls to give this large dresser updated class. The dresser had the massive hutch but unless used for a coffee bar I find them dated so chose to just refinish the ample storage dresser and "make it pretty" again.
I always scrub my solid wood pieces from top to bottom after removing the hardware with
TSP/soap mix and rinse well. This is important to get rid of any grease, dirt, etc and give it a nice clean surface for products to adhere well. Any repairs on made next, this one need some missing screws, easy peasy. Now it was on to the fun part, adding color. I started with
Fusion Mineral Paint in a soft grey called pebble. Two coats for the perfect canvas.
one coat to two below
The next step was doing a color wash over the cool grey, I went with Fusion Mineral Paint in chocolate.
Apply with a wet brush and mist with a spray bottle and wipe off. This should be done in sections as it dries fast. The dark brown will catch in all the nooks and crannies.
Here it is showing drawers and doors with the wash on the right
Dry brushing was next in line, I used Fusion Mineral Paint raw silk, a warm white over the entire dresser.
closeup
NOW for the make it pretty.. adding the
Augustine drawer pulls. These gorgeous pulls added the perfect touch of class and style to this piece updating it to 2018.
For even more dimension I added
Homestead House black wax
And for a fun pop of color I painted the inside drawer fronts in Fusion Mineral Paint homestead blue.
If you want to see more of the projects in this months contest check out The Fab Furniture Flippin’ site If you’re a blogger interested in joining a future Fab Furniture Flipping Contest, contact Evey at info@eveyscreations.com
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Followed instructions and I'm quite pleased with the results. I may need to practice more with perfecting the wax treatment, but overall my daughter's dresser looks pretty darn good thanks to your step by step tutorial!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Work love the colour very well done thank you for the ideas
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Deletedid you distress ? if so, at what point in the process?
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Deleteyes I distressed it in a few stages
Beautiful job! Very pretty!
ReplyDeletethank you so very much!
DeleteCan you please tell me how much paint you used for each color? I have a dresser similar in size and am trying to plan ahead.
ReplyDeleteHello. it has been awhile but I know for sure it was not a full jar and most likely half of base color, much less of others.
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