Keeping with my recent gray and white theme, I decided to refinish this lovely mid century dresser in.....you guessed it - GRAY and WHITE!
This solid wood dresser was in very good shape apart from a few things. All of the plastic drawer runners needed replacing because the wobble of the drawer had them bonking all about. I needed to do some planing on the middle door as it had swelled and was scraping when it was being closed, and the top needed to be sanded very deeply in order to remove some very deep scratches. Other than that, it was in great shape.
I used a very similar shade of gray to the little antique dresser I just refinished (here). It is light and fresh and is versatile in its ability to blend in to any decor.
How about this awesome gray decorative paper! Sha-zam! I think it makes a great addition and contrast having the dark gray beside the light gray.
As usual, I used modpodge to attach this contemporary paper. I love adding paper to drawers behind cupboard doors, it has such 'wow' factor when the door is opened. 'come on in and play with my drawers!' it screams.
Because I didn't distress this piece, I primed the entire thing with Zinsser BIN.
For the middle door, I highlighted the recessed detailing with white, I also painted the hardware white and added a white square trim detail around both sets of outer drawers to add a more chic feel to it.
Im not sure why these pics all came out so blurry, but hopefully you get the idea!
I love this style of dresser! I do a little tap dance every time I see one at a reasonable price. Ratta-tatta tat! They are so delicate and airy, and those little turned legs just warm my heart.
This gem was in pretty good shape. She was missing a few pieces of veneer here and there, but it was nothing that a little bit of wood filler couldn't fix.
I custom mixed up this grey using some darker grey and white paint. I knew I wanted it to be a fairly light, almost pastel type grey. It can be hard to eyeball it when mixing your own colours without a chip or sample to go off, but in this case, I am pretty happy with the shade.
The top was in wonderful condition apart from a few water marks. Because of this, I gave a light coat of zinsser BIN to the top only, just to lock in that water stain.
I did three coats of the grey all over, two probably would of sufficed but just to be safe I did a third.
My grey paint is a flat, and the white was a satin, so together these two paints made the perfect sheen. It looks a bit like chalk paint with the wax applied, a lovely, yet very soft sheen.
I love the original hardware, ornate and delicate. Plus I LOVE ring pulls. I decided to paint them out white though as I wanted a super romantic and soft feel. The white contrasts great with the grey.
This is my first piece of furniture with casters. Kinda neat, but those little suckers like to sneak away from you when they aren't planted on top of a carpet. Miss Do-As-I-Please keeps jumping up on it for fair-ground rides. If she wasn't a cat she would be screaming 'Yipeeeeeeeee'. Nothing beats furniture surfing!
Here is the before, the light patches are wood filler.
All from me!
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