We all have one of these in our home or garage, or we definitely know someone who has one around. You know, the OLD dresser that is solidly built, but solidly dated in the look. You know my motto: Don't throw out, Redoux it! Let's dive in and see how easy it can be to makeover an old piece of furniture. The Prep for your old Furniture Good news! If you use DIY 100% Natural Clay & Chalk Paint. You really don't have to prep. Just start with a clean piece of furniture. Make sure it is free of dirt and especially anything greasy. If it is especially slick (like you can see your reflection in it) or laminate or plastic, you might want to give it a quick once over with a ...
Dresser Makeovers
Dresser wanting the Layered Paint Look
It may be hot outside where you are, but the best dressed dressers, and furniture are all asking for the Layered Look! Are you hearing what your furniture is saying? The cool kids are all doing this technique and I know you are cool ;) If you think your furniture isn't talking to you, then you are not listening closely enough. I put off painting projects all the time. I think I actually LIKE having a garage full of furniture and keeping my car outside when it is over 100, just so I can sweat bullets, ruin my hair and be generally miserable every time I get in my car. Not to mention all the furniture that yells at me and mumbles complaints every time I walk past all of them. I ...
Le French Maid and Le Assistant
Le French Maid and Le Assistant Or- Easy Black and White Dresser and Nightstand! I bought these pieces a few months ago from a Craig's list add. I got such a deal on all of it! I dub these pieces Le French Maid and her assistant. This is the lovely dresser before, the finish is circa 1978 Lovey nightstand, that is not real wood on the top, it actually peels off...... After rummaging through my brain for a while, the dresser looked to me as if it were wearing a skirt. Since both piece are oh so French looking, I decided to take a "French Maid" point of view. (The real thing people, not the costumes you may have seen at your local Halloween Super Store ...
Trashy Tuesday – Country Style Dresser Turned Industrial Chic
Trashy Tuesday - Country Style Dresser turned Industrial Chic Do you remember THIS POST, the one where I started stripping a "Free to Me" dresser, and thought I would have the whole project completed that day? This is what it was transformed to! This is where we started. Country Style, all the way back to mid 1980's This dresser technically qualifies for "trash". It was left behind years ago in a friend of a friend's garage after the friend of the friend moved. One drawer had been painted green in an effort to transform it, then was abandoned and chalked up to the fact that it would always look like a Country Style dresser. I took the dresser and painted it in white and cream, ...