From Glossy to Aged

After sharing some blue and white collections in my dining room and sitting room a few weeks ago there was one thing that just kept bugging me when I looked at photos and especially when I walked in the dining room.

Do you see what was just not working for me anymore?

It's the unnatural super shiny top on this chest. It just had to go. I can't stand super slick cherry pieces and I don't know why I waited till now to change it.

So out came the paints and I got to work. I wanted to add layers of color so I painted the base color of Louis Blue in Annie Sloan chalk paint. Yes, I worked right where the piece sits.

Then a coat of French Linen went on top and I sanded a lot of it back so the blue and the wood tone would show.

Perfect.

After using hemp oil and some dark wax we have shine, but not super glossy and too new looking like before.

Now we have old and worn on the top to match the base.

After finishing the top I couldn't leave the hardware alone. They were an aged brass, but I decided to change them up.

I grabbed my Gilder's Pastes in black and silver and just

 used my finger to spread some of each on the handles. This didn't take five minutes to do all of them.

Now the pretties on top look so much better with the glossy brown gone.

So much better in the morning light with the glossy top gone.

It felt good to get a paint brush in my hand again and now there is another piece I want to update soon.

Happy painting!

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