Furniture Flip: Stencil A Geometric Twist On A Dresser
8 Materials
$37
2 Hours
Easy
Are you looking to makeover an old piece of furniture? Our stencil designs make furniture projects so easy that even a novice DIYer can tackle them. Come see how we put a modern spin on an old dresser using our Brush Strokes Stencil.
Erika, our in-house craft guru, is known for her furniture makeover projects. She scooped up this old wooden dresser at a local garage sale.
Erika had spotted some inspiration in HGTV Magazine. The creative publication had featured a furniture flip with a funky chevron pattern.
To kick off her project, Erika gently sanded the exterior and then wiped off the debris.
She primed the clean dresser using STIX Primer in White.
Once the primer was dry, the dresser was ready to be painted. Erika chose to paint the dresser in Benjamin Moore Chicago Blues and the drawer fronts in Benjamin Moore Navajo White. She painted the dresser using a dense foam roller.
Erika browsed our large collection of Geometric Stencils and chose the Brush Strokes Stencil. This zippy pattern combines the popular chevron or herringbone designs, but puts a carefree artistic twist on it.
Erika applied spray adhesive to the back of the stencil. We like to use Sticky Note spray adhesive which can be purchased on Amazon. Then she placed the stencil on the front of the dresser.
For the stencil color, Erika used Benjamin Moore Chicago Blues (the same color she used for the dresser). She used a to paint the chevron pattern. She made sure she rolled off any excess paint on a piece of paper towel. Too much paint will cause the design to bleed. Then she painted the entire pattern on to the dresser.
Once the entire design was painted, Erika lifted the stencil back to reveal the pattern.
Erika had to reposition the stencil to complete the pattern across the front. She lined up the stencil using the registration marks.
New knobs are always a great touch. When new knobs can't be purchased, try painting the old ones. Erika used gold spray paint on the old wooden knobs.
Are you ready to see how Erika's stenciled dresser turned out?
The color combination paired with this modern Geometric pattern is striking!
This interesting piece will add wow factor to any space.
We are amazing at how paint and a stencil pattern were able to completely transform the look of this dresser!
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I actually like yours better than the inspiration piece
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Ha! I do too! It's a fun piece!
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Love it. And glad you didn’t use the redundant, overused chevron pattern but an artistic twist!
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Like the treatment. Did you also do the painting? I am itching to try my hand at that.