a dresser & a chest but not a match :)

Do you like it?!

I LOVE it!  It is funny, because before it was painted, I didn't like it all that much.  The lines seemed a little harsh to me, and that pickled/speckled faux wood finish is just hard to look past.  But a little TLC and this dresser is ready to go!

Sanded & primed... a sea of drawers.

Hardware gets a very light coat of oil rubbed bronze, then a good wipe down.

Love, love, love!!

And yes, someone already asked... that is one of the brass lamps I got from goodwill & spray painted.  Added a new shade, and better than new!

And the canvas is by the wonderful, talented, sweet & fabulous Elizabeth Smith of Libbie Wicket Photography.  We have been blessed to have her taking our family's pictures for 5 years now ~ isn't this canvas gorgeous?  It is from our session with her this summer.  Go visit her blog, you'll be glad you did!!

This beauty was a find from My Favorite Place (name of the store, but also one of my personal favs).  I liked it so much I picked it up and carried it around with me :)

Now, there is a matching chest to the dresser.  But it is not quite finished.  Allllmost.

When my neighbor/furniture deal scouter backed into the driveway yesterday, I knew something good was coming my way.  This piece needed some serious TLC and although I liked it ok before, even I was surprised at how much I love it's transformation.

Can you see what the pulls are?  From far away they look like sailboats to me, but maybe I need to get my eyes checked.

They are ACORNS!  Not only that, they are hand-carved acorns, attached to the piece with dowels & glue.  Old School.

It needed a bit of work, as I said.  I sanded it first, but really not too much since I wanted the age to show through when I started glazing.

I managed to get not one single in-process shot of this piece, probably because it was WAY past my bedtime while I was working on it (it was after 9... if you know me well, you know that I am at least in the bed with the covers pulled up by then, if not asleep!)  So, I'll tell you what I did.

I primed the whole piece.  Then I painted it a random light blue- left over from something, I'm sure.

After the blue dried, I did a light coat of RL Tobacco glaze over the whole thing, paying special attention to the detail (the acorns & the carving across the front).  I didn't sand it at all- the chippy wood gave it lots of texture without me doing any sanding.

I used a teensy bit of English Chestnut stain after the glaze.... just a bit, but you can see where the color stands out in the final pictures.

Then I used some of this.

Metallic Pearl acrylic paint.  I really only used it on the acorns.  By the way, the acorns are hollow inside, so that you can reach your fingers into the gap underneath to use the pulls to open/close the drawers.

So....

It is the silliest piece- really, it'd be perfect in a nursery or a playroom, or a whimsical house.  It doesn't really work anywhere here at my house, I don't think, but I wish it did.  Because I LOVE it!!

Thanks for coming by, I appreciate all of you & the comments & emails you send me!!
kathie

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