look what i just found
this dresser
this dresser i always try and follow my first
gut instinct when it comes to picking a restyle for a piece of furniture
this one i was a hundred percent sure i was gonna sand down and do a really cool
bare wood or white wash finish on obviously
that is not what happened this dresser is stubborn
i broke out my fanciest sander and all kinds of different grits of
sandpaper and tried to start removing the previous
finish it would not come off so i switched it
up and brought out two different kinds
of chemical stripper neither one of which
put a dent in it after that it was pretty apparent that stripping this down
to the bare wood was not gonna be a good option
design plan number two was then to paint the body of the dresser and leave the
handles natural problem was i couldn't get the handles
off they were glued on there like nothing i
have ever seen before i tried to pry them off gently i tried
to chisel them off i grabbed a heat gun at one point
to try and melt the glue i could not get these handles off this dresser without
completely destroying all the veneer underneath so we're gonna
start this video with design option number three
i smoothed everything out best as i could and applied two coats of my
favorite bin shellac base primer over the entire piece
to give myself a nice clean canvas to start painting on it was sort of an
overcast moody kind of day outside so i decided to bring my piece inside to
the living room where i could sit down in front of it
and do some real paint therapy i'm using country chic paint
in the color piece of cake and my country chic two inch oval brush
this dresser is going to be a bit of a departure from my normal painting style
it is not going to be smooth sleek or modern
i really use my brush here to add a ton of texture to the piece you can see
i'm brushing in every direction i even went back
and stippled a little bit more texture in on my second coat
i really wanted this to look like old world plaster
or even sort of a ceramic or cement vibe
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i love how moody and eclectic this color is
it's sort of a lilac with a brown undertone
that also reads a little bit gray it really depends on the lighting and the
angle that you're looking at it
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this is what it looks like after the first coat of paint
my second coat of paint filled in any bare spots
and really bumped up the textured aesthetic that i was going for
i left my paint alone to dry for a few hours and then i came back and started
sealing my new finish with some bare natural wax
usually i'm a poly girl but on this finish i really wanted to keep it
ultra matte so wax was the way to go
now to add a little more depth and interest i'm going to be
contouring this dresser with some country chic antiquing wax
i used my brush to apply the wax around the edges of the drawers
and also the poles in the center once i had the dark wax on
i used a lint-free rag to wipe off any excess
dark wax and also blend it in
doing a dark wax detailing like this is really up to artistic interpretation you
can apply as much or as little wax as you want to
have on your piece i went for a softer look but if i wanted
to add more i could definitely go back over the same spot a few times to build
up that color
having that layer of the clear wax on the piece
before you go in with the antiquing wax is a really
important step that gives you control over where your dark wax
sits and lets you move it around a little easier
i went around and did the same technique on either side of the dresser as well as
the top
i think i worked out some of my dark moody feelings on this dark moody day
and made a really beautiful piece of art
thank you so much for hanging around with me again today as i painted this
piece of furniture please make sure that you subscribe
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