Painted Chest

before (it was quite beat up)

I have had in my mind for months that I would find a three drawer dresser to paint for my spare room. I looked and looked around town to find the right one.
Fortunately I work at a furniture consignment shop.

Every time consignor came by with a truck load of goodies I scanned all of the pieces looking for my gem.

Primed

Early November we had a man come by with a trailer filled with furniture he used to stage homes. There it was...my perfect dresser and better than it being the right shape it was already pre-priced from an email my boss had sent. At $150 I didn't wait another minute. I called David and after a huffy conversation he agreed to bring the Jeep to pick it up (I am the master of persuasion). So we got it home and it fit perfectly. Now the hard part...to paint or not to paint? Do I distress it or re-stain it and show off the maple wood? This just got tricky.

Finished product

    I took to the internet, scanning blogs, high-end furniture websites and Pinterest. After perusing techniques and finishes I finally decided to paint and distress the chest. After a trip to Lowes (where a nice man showed me everything I would need) I was ready to sand and prime. {side note: wear gloves to prime or buy paint remover.}

After prepping I stood the pieces up on four bowls to get it off the ground. Then I started to roll on my blue/gray semi gloss paint . I used a brush to get the tight corners. Once dry I realized that it was already perfect and I would be nuts to intentionally scrape and beat my shiny and fresh dresser. So there it was painted and perfect and that's how it would stay I finished the project by painting the knobs a brownish gray (remind me to only by sample size paint jars...cheap and the right amount). Once fully re-assembled I fell in love. This project turned out fantastic and was relatively easy!