D.D.'s Cottage and Design: chalk paint dresser

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Saturday, August 6, 2016

White Farm Dresser

I have had a hard time finding old dressers lately, but I did find this great grungy old one a few weeks back.

Before:

I love the look and the details, but every drawer needed to be fixed and the the top was a disaster!

I stripped the top and sanded it down.

I purposely left bits of paint and I love all the scrapes and gouges. I sealed it with Linseed oil and left it like this.

After a quick clean, I painted the base of the dresser with home-made chalk paint in Garlic Clove by Benjamin Moore.

I love the slated sides! Swoon!

After the paint dried, I scraped the edges for a worn, chippy finish and sealed the dresser with AS clear wax.

The final touch was adding old porcelain knobs.

I love the wooden castors!

This is a great keyhole detail!

From Drab to Fab!

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Wordless Wednesday--My Instagram (my home and projects)

Happy Wednesday!

My Instagram: dds_cottage_and_design

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Vintage Dresser in White

I have not been posting as much lately because I am having a hard time keeping up with everything that makes up my life, but I am going to try to be more consistent !

I found a cute vintage dresser at the Flea Market and of course brought it home.

Before:

It is hard to tell from this picture, but the top of this dresser was covered in paper that had been glued down and then underneath that the ENTIRE top was covered in clear plastic packaging tape! I have never see the likes of this and it was extremely difficult to remove.

After sanding, stripping and more sanding, the top was good to go. I purposely left a bit of paint and imperfections on the wood (character).

I sealed the top with AS dark wax/Linseed oil.

I don't paint many pieces white, but this dresser just felt like staying light and bright to me. I pulled out Marshmallow Cream by The Urban Rooster and painted the dresser with 2 coats of the chalk paint.