If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you know that I am hither and yon when it comes to projects. One day, I’m working on my kitchen remodel, the next day I’m spray painting chairs or lamps, the next day I’m painting signs.
Some days, I spend the entire day catching up on email. (Which I did Monday, but am totally behind again!)
I rarely plan my day or my next project. I just wing it.
This week, I finally got back to doing what I like best, which is painting furniture.
I finished this dresser last night. I’m in love! So in love that Mr. Wonderful asked if I was keeping it. The answer is “no”. I can’t keep everything!
This is my only picture of the before. I wish I had gotten a closeup because it was truly beaten up. See that wonky drawer? Fixed it!
And the mis-matched handles and knobs?
Well, they’re still not exact matches, but they’re close enough!
I gave her a good coat of ..what else? …ASCP Old White and then lightly layered on a coat of Paris Grey with a roller, so it wouldn’t get into the grooves.
And then I gave it the lightest distressing I think I have ever given a piece of furniture.
I also had to drill two new holes for the bottom handles to fit. Fortunately, the details of the handle cover the holes from the outside. Whew!
I snapped a picture of her last night as soon as a I finished….messy office and all.
See that light fixture on the top of the dresser? I bought that at the Restore for $8.00, painted it and THEN realized it’s missing the switch on the front that turns it on and off. Ugh!
I have been searching high and low for a two-arm light fixture with a mouth wide enough to hold the aqua jars so I can finally “finish” my guest bedroom. The search continues!
Back to the dresser! The cherry red spray paint I used on the handles really mask the fact that they don’t match perfectly. Right? Please say ‘yes’!
I’m really pretty happy with the way she came out…even though her drawers don’t close perfectly, I think she’s a winner!
Bye from the bungalow,
Linking up to: Miss Mustard Seed, Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, Knick of Time
Hi, I'm Jean. I live in historic Butte, Montana in a Craftsman home built in 1920. This blog is all about my adventures (and sometimes misadventures) in updating and decorating my house with antiques and vintage goods I find at garage sales, thrift stores, estate sales or wherever cool things from the past are waiting to be discovered.
I think you did an amazing job…and I like the red handles!! I would have never known they weren’t exact….
If you wouldn’t have mentioned it, I wouldn’t have clued in to the handles being mismatched. That pretty , cherry red totally distracts the eye from that small detail. Another fabulous piece!
Love it! Can’t even tell about the mismatched handles. What brand of paint is your “Paris Grey” and is that what the color is actually called? Thanks!
Love that pop of red in the handles, Jean! That’s a great tip to roll on the one color when there are grooves like that. I didn’t even notice the handles not matching.
I love the color in your dresser! And I never would have thought to use a roller like that to put the gray on. Really unique and beautiful.
Mention mismatched and it is like where’s Waldo for me. I say they are fine, I had to really look and even then I wasn’t sure.
Bliss
Great job! I love the color and the way you used the roller so the paint didn’t get in the grooves. I never would have thought to paint the handles red, but it works…it really works.
Great look … the red really give is a pop. Never would have thought of red handles.
Blessings,
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
I never would have noticed the different handles…I’m not sure I see it still!
Looks great, Jean.
Came out beautiful! The handles look great – never would have known if you hadn’t mentioned it.
Love this! Just found your blog- we have a lot of the same tastes in styles
I also paint furniture for a living- so nice to meet a kindred spirit!
Love the dresser, great job. I just saw a whole set of that same style of furniture yesterday, as I previewed
an auction set for today. Wouldn’t that a cute bedroom all done up similarly, (is that a word?). Wonder what the set will go for?
The “mismatched” red handles make that dresser…love it! I’m not familiar with ASCP?…I gather “old white” is the paint color? Hmmm…that would look great in our bedroom {when} I get my vintage sheet red and white quilt done!
The “mismatched” red handles make that dresser…love it! I’m not familiar with ASCP?…I gather “old white” is the paint color? Hmmm…that would look great in our bedroom {when} I get my vintage sheet quilt in red and white done!
Sorry for the double post. We’re having a huge blizzard here and I think it’s affecting my computer!
Looks great! Bummer we can’t keep everything!
Susan
Love it! these pics are even better than the other ones. I was also reading about rolling the gray AFTER and I hoguth to myself ….. damn that Jean is mart … she’s got it all figured out. Thanks for all the tips! And of course I LOVE the red. Can’t tell handles didsn’t match, Looks stunning!
The handles look so pretty with that pop of red! What a beautiful piece!
xx
Anne
This piece is stunning! I would have never known the handles weren’t a perfect match had you not said anything. They are such a vibrant, cheerful color that’s all my mind saw. Absolutely beautiful job
Are you selling this in your new store? I absolutely love this. If its still for sell, I would love to know how much you would want for it.
Hi Kelsey. Thanks for the interest in the dresser. I sold it for $195.00 along with the red lamps to a wonderful old gentleman who purchased it for his granddaughter at the Billings Prairie Sisters Show. Keep checking back, I may run across something similar in the future!