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. 

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.

 

  

  

  

The next picture shows a lot of the distressing I did and then I painted over it with a mocha glaze and then rubbed off the access glaze.

  

                         

                                   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.
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