The Makeover Of A Chest

My first post showed my foyer and the chest in it that I recently refinished. Now I am going to show the before picture and the refinishing process. Please be sure and stop over at Susan's at betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com to view all the others who have joined the party this week.

The before wasn't bad, but I was ready for a change. So I went to Ace Hardware and picked out my base coat paint and picked up all my supplies and I was ready to begin. I lightly sanded the surfaces and put on my first coat of Benjamin Moore Georgian green semi-gloss. I did not use a primer since I was going to distress the piece to make it look old and worn. I also just noticed that this shows the way my dining room use to look. I will share that makeover soon.


Linking to http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/ for Furniture Friday. Please click on the link and see what the other participants are showing this week.

 

  

  

  

The next picture shows a lot of the distressing I did and then painted over it with a mocha glaze and then rub 

off the access glaze. If you take off too much you can just start over again. Glaze is very forgiving and really easy to work with.

  

                         

                                   This is a better view of the glazing done on the side.

  

  

And the next picture is the finished product. I was very proud of how it turned our. Even my husband was impressed since this was the first time I had done this.

I hope that may have given you some idea of how to refinish a piece of furniture with the painting and glazing method. It really is easy. It took me a day from start to finish. Just give it a try. Would love to hear from you.


Y'all come back now,

Kim

12-31-10 Linking to The Lettered Cottage for tutorials party