I know I was going to post on a cool project that I have been working on, but as is life, I still have not finished it. Whomp, whomp, whomp. But, I do have a fantastic furniture redo to share with before and after pictures! This dresser was a Craigslist find. Not bad, but definitely just eh….
The gentleman who sold it to me, was very proud of this dresser. He said he polished it with Old English to keep it purty?! Oh if he only knew what I was going to do it! So I got it home and stripped the top with Motsenbocker’s Lift Off.
This product worked like a charm. I just poured it on the top and smeared it around with a chip brush. Let it sit for around 10-15 mins. and then used a scraper to remove the Old English?! It took a few times of doing it for all of it to come off, but I conquered!
Once I stripped the top and waited 24 hrs., per directions on the stripping agent, I applied Minwax Dark Walnut Stain. Next I painted the dresser with gray milk paint. It took two coats to achieve the coverage I wanted, but the paint dries so quickly that by the time I completed the dresser with one coat I could start all over again painting the second. To highlight the drawers I used a small paint brush to paint the grooves with white milk paint. Last, I finished it off with Fiddes & Sons wax.
And….
It turned out wonderful. {sigh} The icing on the cake, or should I say dresser, is the clear knobs. I really do adore it. So here are a few more pictures to show you how beautiful it is.
And yes, those are real wood casters!
So I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Till next time…
Maybe my next post will be about that fun little project that I have been working on!
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Such a sweet dresser. You did a lovely job with the painting.
Thank you! I really do love milk paint!
Hi. Would you mind sharing what brand and color gray paint that is? It is lovely. I have used Old Fashioned Milk Paint in Slate Gray, but it is more of a blue than a gray (even though their handpainted sample looked gray). Thanks.
Hello Teri! I also used Old Fashioned Milk Paint. I mixed 4T snow white with 1T driftwood to 8T water. It was a science experiment, but it was the perfect gray I was looking for. The colors of the Old Fashioned Milk Paint can be a little harsh, but adding the snow white helps soften the darker ones. Hope this helps!
I painted with Sea Green also and didn’t care for it until I mixed it with white. I think I will order some Driftwood and use your recipe. I find it easier and more enjoyable to paint with milkpaint than chalk paint lately. It seems more forgiving.
So Pretty! Where did you get the knobs?
Thank you, Anna! The knobs came from Hobby Lobby. I believe they were $3.99 and then were 50% off. I love that stinking place!