A couple weeks ago I finished this dresser.
Maria had seen it and loved it, but it had already sold. It just so happened that I had this dresser waiting in the wings…
I had purchased it off craigslist for $10 and was wanting to give it a similar treatment. However, it had layers of paint on it, so I tested it for lead before continuing. Lucky for me and Maria, it tested negative. I began thr wtripping process with my favorite and safest Citristrip. It had so much paint on it, that I went through the process 4 times. When all was said and done, it had some very old paint in a sort of design on the bottom drawers. I loved the look of the old paint being there, and gave it a coat of cabot semi-solid daerk gray stain. I was in love with the look of the ghostly design behind the stain! This is what it looked like….
Isn’t it soooo cool????? I was in love!!!! Maria wasn’t as in love as I was, so we had to come up with a way to cover up the old paint. I had Cabot solid dark gray stain on hand as well, so I got to work brishing that over the dresser. Once that was dry, I gave it another coat over the old paint to hide it more. Then I went over it all with Cabot semi-solid linen stain, and then distressed the piece by hand. Here is the final outcome, and it was delivered today to a happy Maria!
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