Miss Mustard Seed Milk Painted Antique Dresser

This antique dresser was the matching big sister to the white vanity, stool & mirror set I recently posted. However this piece went in a different direction for color and finish.

When looking at one of the drawer braces I wondered where the drawer stops were... watch video to see the answer

Step one is to make all repairs, I flipped around the backwards drawer brace and re glued them all securely.

Power sanding the drawer fronts to bare wood and the body smooth with my trusty Dewalt orbital sander were next order of business.

Now for the fun part, milk paint. My middle daughter had a magic bullet she no longer used so I tried it for milking my milk paint.

It worked well. Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in kitchen scale and Eulalie's sky were mixed up.

See kitchen scale used on this antique roll top desk,

and Eulalie's sky on this sweet antique dresser, shelving unit, vintage window laundry sign and both used on my homes step stool

Here is kitchen scale milk paint applied full coverage using my Cling On shorty brush. This awesome little brush holds loads of paint and goes on smoothly.

To be sure I had some of the kitchen scale show thru, I rubbed Fusion Mineral Paint 's beeswax bar on edges and few flat areas.

Next went a full coat of Eulalie's sky again with the same Cling On shorty brush.

Next sand to reveal the kitchen scale underneath

Perfect blended colors for a soft water look

The entire piece was hand rubbed with Fusion Mineral Paint's white wax

Moving on to the hardware I found vintage white porcelain knobs in my stash but the center posts were gold. Spraying them with Rustoleum titanium silver spray paint in multiple coats did the trick.