At the beginning of my quest in searching for pieces of furniture to paint, I came across Bernarda. This little chest of drawers came from Bernarda in Toronto. She had it at her cottage and it had been painted white. She explained that she had stripped, sanded and stained it and went on to tell me how much work it had been but she felt she had done a good job in refinishing it because it looked good. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I had plans to paint it again.
First, I sanded it then put 2 coats of ASCP Old White, with a very sloppy technique that left it with brush marks and uneven. When the paint had dried AS clear wax was applied followed by AS dark wax. The inside of the drawers were painted with ASCP Duck Egg, followed by a polyurethane finish for protection. I set out to make it look old and distressed.
Thank you Bernarda for stripping it from the old paint. It saved me a lot of work.
BEFORE
AFTER
FANTASTIC JOB.
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Thank you VJ for all the encouraging words all the time.
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Nice. I love what you did with the peice. It looks amazing.
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Thank you it’s always fun to see the end result. I love this piece.
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What a beautiful piece. Love the color! Noticed that sweet dovetail in the drawers, too. Thanks so much for linking to Friday’s Furniture Fix. We are so thrilled to have you share with us. Susie from The Chelsea Project
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Thank you for taking the time to comment. It really makes it worth while doing a piece and having some one notice it and think you ve done a great job. Thank you again.
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I am honored to be featured on your Link Party. Thank you for choosing Bernarda, she was a pleasure to work on. Your kind words will be remembered. Thank you. Baba
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This is such a great makeover! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to this week’s party. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2016/07/make-pretty-monday-week-185.html Hope to see you again at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
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This is such a great transformation! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to this week’s party. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2016/07/make-pretty-monday-week-185.html Hope to see you again at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
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Oh, she’s beautiful, Baba! I especially like the added touch of painting the inside of the drawers that beautiful shade of duck egg blue đŸ™‚ Thanks so much for linking up with Vintage Charm!
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