I'm really excited to share this piece with you all.
As you can probably tell I love doing dressers because I feel they can serve so many different purposes besides storing clothes in a bedroom. Being a new year I really wanted to start challenging myself to get a little more creative with my furniture. Don't get me wrong I love a clean crisp white dresser but once in a while you need to veer off track and let the creative juices flow.
When I came across this guy I knew right away what I wanted to do. The top of the dresser has a nice chunky edge to it so I wanted to treat it differently than the rest of the piece. I love the look and color of driftwood or old salvaged wood so I decided to see if I could recreate that look.
Here is a close up shot of the top. I ended up painting a coat of white and after it dried I painted on a coat of grey. I let the grey sit for a little while then with a rag I started wiping the paint off. It ended up creating the really pretty effect of weathered wood.
I kept the base of the piece somewhat simple so the top would be the star of the show. A bit of distressing to the whole thing to make it look as if it has lived in a beach cottage for many years.
The hardware is a mix of green/blue sea glass knobs with silver vintage looking pulls. Definitely a fun piece to work on and I plan on using the "driftwood" effect again!
Behind the scenes sneak peek:
Avery "measuring".
We got her a little tape measure the other day at the hardware store for .97 and she loves it! She measures everything in site and when you ask her how big something is, it's always 6!
She happens to be measuring my filing cabinet that I'm hoping to finish up this week and share with you all.
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Love! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Beautiful! everytime I see a dresser that looks like that to start with I can't imagine what it would look like painted and pass it up! Maybe I should look closer :)
May I ask what products / paint colors you used in creating this look, absolutely fabulous! Ps. I am a new follower to your blog (just yesterday), may I ask if you recommend any posts to filter back through and catch up?
I'm painting a cabinet heirloom white and would like to do the paint finish on top with weathered wood like yours. In the pictures it looks more tan than gray, and there's some dark brown or black peeking through. I'm not clear on how you got this effect with only white and gray paint. Is it the brown dresser wood showing through on the edges? Thanks!!
Hi Amy
I painted one coat of white then almost a dry rush of grey let it sit for a minute then with a cloth whipped it off and sort of rubbed it in. Make sure to stay with the grain of the wood so you don,t get unrealistic swirly marks. After it was dry I distressed it with a sanding block ont the edges so the darker is the natural wood showing through. Let me know if you have any more questions and good luck...Also house of smiths just did something similar and she has a tutorial on her technique.
Wow! You are so talented and for sure, this is now one of my favorite blogs. Can't wait to visit you again. I'm at www.mydeartrash.com.
Love this piece and it's amazing how you completely transformed the look of that dresser! I have a TV cabinet that I would love to do in a driftwood effect - do you mind sharing what brand and specific colors of paint you used? Thanks!
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