One of the reasons that I love painting furniture is that I love the challenge. I love the challenge to make the piece look completely different from how it look originally. The power of paint surprises me every time & I think that’s why I love re-doing furniture so much. This past week I got some new Maison Blanche chalk paint colors & I was so excited to try them out. A lot of you [my amazing awesome talented lovely readers] have been asking me to use more color when I paint furniture. I listened! I may be starting out slow, but it’s a start none the less. I had quite a boring dresser that I wanted to spice up so I decided to try french blue & I kind of love how the dresser turned out…
& how the piece looked before I got my hands on it…
& after I used the power of paint to give this dresser a new life…
How I got this look:
To achieve this look I painted two layers of french blue on the entire piece. I also I filled the holes where the old hardware was with wood filler [paintable wood filler works great.]. After the paint was dry I sanded the edges of the drawers & the entire dresser to give it more of an antique look. When I was done sanding I brushed a dark wax [also Maison Blanche] over the entire piece. I let the dark wax set for a couple of minutes & then took a rag & wiped all of the wax off. The wax sealed the piece & also deepened the color of the french blue a lot. For hardware I went with a long bar pull to really change up the look of the dresser & I’m kind of in love with the look. What do you think of the new hardware?
I styled this piece quickly in our guest bedroom to show you guys the makeover, but sadly this piece isn’t able to stay with us so it will be in my booth at Painted Farmgirl very soon. I know someone will enjoy this dresser & hopefully they love it as much as I do in their home! What do you think of my french blue dresser makeover? Let me know in the comments below, find me on Facebook, & chat with me on Instagram! xx
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I was able to visit The Painted Farmgirl this Saturday with my Mom and 2 daughters. We had a great time and found some lovely treasures!
The color is beautiful. What an amazing transformation, I would have never guessed that was the same dresser 🙂
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I love the way your blue chest looks. However, I have found by using chalk paint and the wax afterwards you cannot repaint the piece later unless you completely strip it. Without a wax no stripping is necessary , so I always use regular paint in a semi gloss. Do you have a method I am not aware of for painting over a waxed piece?
Yay, color! Thanks for explaining how you do things. Why did you wipe off the wax?
Looks great! Love the color too!
Lovely job! I’ve never been a blue girl, but lately I have the urge to paint a nightstand a similar color. I love this transformation – that dresser really didn’t look like much before, but you saw the potential! Great job 🙂 By the way…how do you find all the time!?!?!
It’s beautiful! I really like the color and the handles. Great job!
Wow! What a fabulous transformation! Can chalk paint be used on laminate furniture? I have a dresser that I would love to paint! Thanks!
As many pieces as I’ve painted, and seen painted, I’m always so pleasantly surprised at the afters! The French Blue looks so lovely on this chest. Fresh, updated and beautiful!!