This dresser was pretty ugly, Im sure you will agree when you see the picture below. The mirror is pretty cool though, I found the same one at a Salvation Army and it now hangs in my bedroom.
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But back to the dresser, I had a vision of a really cool distressed blue/black rustic looking blue-grass kinda thang. Sometimes your vision turns out exactly as you expected, other times it doesnt. This was one of those times I wasnt over the moon with how it turned out.
I thought the top looked a bit too much like marble, and the detailing on the front middle that I thought was pretty neat when I picked the dresser up, didn't really do it for me after I was finished.
I kept working, and re-working the dresser (adding colour, distressing, more distressing, etc) until I was a little bit happy with how it looked.
In hindsight, I wish I had traded out the hardware for something with more personality. Instead I opted to paint the hardware out black, and I think it disappears to much against the black drawers.
But that is the way it goes, Im sure we all have some pieces that we love more than others!
I was lucky enough to find the long dresser and the matching night stands for this. I painted them in a corresponding fashion using my favorite turquoise with ASCP florence underneath.
I love how the green peaks out beneath the Blues. I did a fair bit of distressing on this to let the wood poke through. I changed out the hardware as one handle was missing off the original and I couldnt find a match. I like how the gold contrasts so well with the turquoise.
I was inspired for this piece by Mak & Jill's website and a piece they called Shabby Shabby. I named mine Miss Shabby. She was a curbside find and had a bunch of gunk stuck to the outside of her, but structurally she was pretty good.
I opted for some heavy distressing to create a really country-rustic feel. She is two-toned white and turquoise.
I changed out the hardware, buying these cute vintage pulls. I did a light dry brushing with white.
I think she looks lovely and is now being used in a young fella's room. I guess we should call him Mr. Shabby now.
