Wednesday, January 18, 2017

French Provincial Chest & Bed Set.....



Another new client who seen our work and loved it!
She picked out this french chest of drawers
and french bed set form our inventory.
Then wanted us to custom paint it in a
latte color to coordinate with her guest room
color on the walls.  
Here is the before below...
we had started to repair it with all the 
dents and gouges so I didn't have it listed. 


Here is the bed I also didn't have listed as I didn't have the time.


Sanded most of the drawers down and added
new holes for the replacement handles.
One handle was broken so I had to pull another 
french set from my handle inventory.


Stripped the whole bed set...





Sanded and stripped most of the chest.
Repaired the chipped feet also.


Smooth top sanded...


Repaired all the deep scratches...


Then I primed it all white and painted it in the 
latte color.




Smooth flat finish with no distress.









Hardware painted in oil rubbed bronze.



Sealed in the old holes for the old hardware 
and you wouldn't even know it's so smooth.


Loved the new hardware we added.




Feet all repaired, we don't let a french
provincial leave us with a chipped off foot/feet.





Looks so beautiful!

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Aged Light Gray Chest.....


Had this in my inventory for since the summer
and decided to pull it and paint in my own design.


It's a high end chest of drawers made by white fine
company with a solid wood back nailed in.
Very solid structure and quality.  



I removed all the hardware and replaced it 
with new hardware.




I chose to do a light gray for the look I wanted ,
I custom mixed the color also.


I used chalk paint and sprayed it on 
no hand painting.


The hardware I wanted was something
 to bring out the piece, but not too
flashy or too plain.


I wanted to keep some of the clean lines which is why
I chose these handles.


I aged it but didn't distress it.





Super flat and smooth finish.  





I also painted the bottom metal sleeves
and the cabinet door hinges to match the
color of the hardware.




Painted all of the inside cabinet area.


I aged the inside also.



The middle slats are removable.


They just slide out.



The inside dividers on the 1st drawer are removable also.













Really happy with how it turned out!