This piece was so much fun to work on. It had so much character with all that ornate detailing, and the hardware is simply swoon worthy!
I felt really lucky to find this piece because a few months ago I responded to an ad for the same set and tried to get the seller to just sell me the dresser (and not the rest of the set). My offer was refused and I remember I was so upset because I had such a vision of what could be done with it.
Fast forward 4 months, and I found the same dresser, for sale all by itself! Thank you furniture gods!
I confess I was going to use emerald. In fact I had behr 'precious emerald' colour matched in my dulux as I was inspired by this piece by Pam at 'Simple Details' . My emerald turned out much more 'forest green' than this one though, and I was a little reluctant to try it out. So instead I played it safe and opted for my fav shade of turquoise (again!).
I painted the insides of the recessed detailing two shades lighter than the turquoise body, and again accented with some blue and yellow. Everything got a good distressing to 'vintage' it up a bit. As usual, the detailing is hard to see in the pictures. Sigh.
I just can't get enough of the hardware. They are little works of art all by themselves! They are like butterflies, all set to flutter away.
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I spotted these little beauties in a second hand store. I have been wanting to refinish tables like this for a while, and opportunity finally knocked. I was originally going to paint them bright red, but changed my mind at the last minute in the spray paint isle.
I opted for a spray paint finish which is something I dont do often. I primed with Krylon Grey and used Krylon blue in a gloss finish as a topcoat.
The initial finish was a little streaky, so I cut it down using a blue glaze and then finished with a gloss poly. The finish is now very even.
Im very happy with how they turned out and love the bold colour.
Here is a before pic.
