Ok, so when I committed to writing this blog I told myself it would be an everyday thing. And now I am not sure how bloggers do it. I guess I will have to carve out a time that is mine and put it on my calendar so that it actually happens. But in the meantime, here are my excuses as to why it has been so long from my first post to this post. First, my computer is dead. Really, I have tried CPR (Computer Processing Resuscitation) and it is hopeless. My IT guy (aka my husband) ran out of ideas after he asked if I tried to reboot it. Of course I did!!! I am currently looking for a new computer at 25pc.com, but for now, I’m using another computer that is touch and go and super slow. I have a hard time waiting patiently for a page to download and magically appear. I fiddle, I do this, I do a little of that. And by the time my page loads, I am on to something else.
My next excuse is that I always feel like I have to get something else accomplished before I can really buckle down. So to finish more furniture I felt like I needed to reorganize the garage, as well as wait for the storm damage restoration and roof replacement work to finish first. I’m sure you can guess how long that was on my to do list. Thank goodness for a very nice husband who took care of overseeing most of that project and also did the bulk of the rearranging for me over the weekend.
And finally, you have the rest of life’s little interruptions. I need to get to the store, then I’ll blog. I need to get that laundry done which I’ll outsource to 2ULaundry, then I’ll blog. You get the idea. Oh and one more excuse, I am transferring my site to www.wordpress.org instead of www.wordpress.com. Who knew there was even a difference? And I have no idea what I am doing. So if anyone reading this has any experience with that please let me know. So without further adieu or excuses, on with the project.
This is a really cute dresser that I picked up at a garage sale. It is painted a very pale lime green. It is kind of hard to tell from the picture but take my word for it. It was not a very attractive lime green. But the bones were in good shape. The only major repair I had to do was replace the bottom with a new piece of wood. I decided to paint it and distress it. And the whole thing kind of took on a life of its own.
I cleaned the dust and cobwebs off and washed the dresser down with some TSP. That also ended up removing any of the shine there as well. I will get better at taking pictures of each step in my process, but I must admit I was just so excited to get going on this dresser that I forgot to take some photos. I also removed the old hardware and filled in one of the holes with wood filler to fit the new drawer pulls. I knew that some glass knobs would really make this dresser a charmer.
Once all the prep work was done. I used my handy paint sprayer ( I love that thing!) I painted a few coats of Valspar Honeymilk in semi gloss. I can’t take credit for the discovery of this as the perfect creamy white. Thanks to my fellow blogger at www.sweetpickins.com
I heavily distressed this dresser. With my Mouse Sander and some 220 grit sandpaper. Ok, maybe a little 80 grit as well to really rough it up. Some of that pale lime green showed through the finish as well as the wood underneath. I loved the look of the green coming through but the wood was a little light in some places. A quick experiment with some Kona stain mixed with glaze didn’t make the cut. I tried it on a drawer before I did the whole thing so just in case it didn’t look right. But I till wanted to darken up and age some of that wood popping through the distressed areas. I found a Minwax stain pen that I have for my black dining room table. The color is ebony and it worked perfectly. I put a little stain on with the marker, let it sit for a moment, then wiped it off. I did this a few times to get it just right.