A Beautiful Distressed Pale Grayish Vintage Dresser Makeover

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Add Comment Edit

A beautiful distressed vintage dresser painted inwards a soft pale grayness in addition to accented alongside master hardware in addition to nighttime forest stain.

I promise yous had a lovely Memorial Day weekend! We spent our days some the house, relaxing in addition to working on projects in addition to I wouldn't choose had it whatever other way. Since my married adult man had a few extra days off he helped me motion article of furniture thus I could in conclusion photograph a few projects that I finished weeks ago. Today, I'm happy to percentage a pale grayness vintage dresser makeover that volition move headed to Sweet Clover for their June sale.

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This soft lite grayness is speedily becoming 1 of my favorite go-to colors in addition to I mean value it fits this vintage Century dresser well, peculiarly paired alongside the master brass hardware.

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- General Finishes Milk Paint inwards Seagull Gray

- General Finishes Satin Finishing Wax

- General Finishes dark Gel Stain

- Zinser Shellac primer

- Purdy 2/12 inch pigment brush

- Inexpensive pigment brush (to throw away later using shellac primer)

- Ryobi Corner Cat Sander/80 grit sandpaper

- Simple Green

- Paper towels

- Lint-free rag or wax brush (see how I speedily build clean wax brushes HERE)

- Screwdriver

I spotted this Century dresser at Goodwill a few months agone in addition to was immediately drawn to the hardware in addition to build clean lines. It's the exact same agency every bit the vintage server inwards our dining room fifty-fifty downwards to the hardware. After smelling all the drawers (yes, I odour everything to brand certain it's smoke-free) in addition to checking for whatever major harm I snapped a moving-picture exhibit of the cost tag in addition to headed to the register. I didn't choose the truck alongside me in addition to was near 20 mins from home, but the cost was depression plenty that making a special trip the side yesteryear side twenty-four hours to selection upward the dresser was no large deal.

I knew correct away that I wanted the hardware to popular in addition to General Finishes Seagull gray was the color to practice only that. Before applying the pigment I gave the entire dresser a proficient sanding alongside my Ryobi corner truthful cat sander in addition to lxxx grit sandpaper. I hadn't planned on priming, but later testing the pigment I realized I needed to apply a coat of my favorite primer inwards guild to avoid bleeding. After the primer was dry out I applied 2 coats of General Finishes Seagull Gray thus lightly sanded the edges earlier sealing the pigment alongside satin wax.

I went dorsum in addition to forth deciding whether or non to choke along the feet stained or pigment them the same color every bit the dresser. Ultimately, I decided I liked the two-tone await in addition to kept them stained. They were a flake scratched in addition to worn, thus I lightly sanded them thus applied a lite coat of black gel stain.

My peonies are inwards total bloom, thus of course, I couldn't assistance but convey out this beautiful dressers feminine side alongside a bouquet of fresh peonies in addition to pearls. The contrast of the stained feet in addition to master hardware assistance musical note downwards the feminine vibe in addition to add together a flake of a masculine touch.