Deep Blue French Dresser...

Found this french chest of drawers in a resale shop.

I was intentionally going to use only the

hardware.  I just couldn't.  So, I updated it.

Here is the before below.

 Needed some drawer repair.

We did that and now it's in fully working order.

I sanded most of it down

and cleaned it up.

I painted it in some new chalk paint

I wanted to try out.

It's Magnolia by Joanna Gaines

in the color silos district.

My verdict on the paint, it's like any other 

chalk paint out there.  Only problem is

they mix it before you order it.  So, it took about a week

in a half to get it.  Mind you I live in Humble, TX.

That's 20 mins outside Houston, TX. 

It adheres well and distresses good.

I did do 4 coats though.  First coat coverage

was good, but I wanted a more even

coverage.  

I added some gray and white stripped

paper to the back.  This piece did have a missing drawer.

Then we added some wood pieces to the sides

and bottom to make a shelf.

I stained and sealed those.

Distressed some areas on edges.  Not too over the top though.

Hardware I cleaned up and kept the white in 

the creases of the handles to go with

some of the white from distressing.

To make give it a little more, I added the striped

paper to the inside drawers.

Sealed everything in a flat finish.

It's all smooth and durable.

Love this!

  Would look amazing in a childs/tweens room.

Available, message if interested.

Gray Chalk Painted French Dresser....

Painted this cute french provincial dresser in 

a gray chalk painted finish,  Distressed edges, and added 

new hardware as the old hardware had missing handles.

Before below.

Antiqued the hardware that I added.

Sold with in a little over a week.

French Provincial Navy Dresser/Nightstands Set....

New client bought the french oversized nightstands

or half dressers from me back in January of this year.

She came back to me in April and wanted me to 

add her to my custom order list.  She had the matching 

french dresser plus the nightstands she wanted in 

a navy color.  I told her to pick a navy from the 

Benjamin Moore line.  She was going to pick 

New York State Of Mind, but I told her I used that color before

for a client it wasn't a true navy.   

I suggested Old navy which I have used also for a client.  That is

a true navy blue and beautiful!

She loved it and we went with that color.

Here are the befores of all three pieces below.

She waited patiently and we started on them a few weeks

ago.  We stripped them.. 

Primed them..

Then painted them in Benjamin Moore Old Navy.

Sealed in a high quality wax sealer.

Smooth flat clean finish.

She's going to be adding the hardware later.

It will be in a dark nickel.

Love it so much!  Worth all the hard work.