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Nursery Dresser Makeover - A Happy Yellow for a Boy OR Girl
by
Pat Rios
(IC: blogger)
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As much as I love painting furniture in bright colors, I know yellow is not for everyone. This is why I love when my customers go bold like this couple did. They were half way into the pregnancy but decided to find out their baby's gender only after birth. The nursery had to be ready though, so they decided the dresser/changing table should colorful and festive.
This is how this pine dresser looked before.
This is how this pine dresser looked before.
They've had this dresser for years, but thought it was too blah for their coming baby's nursery.
First step was stripping and sanding the top.
Next I applied 2 coats of Minwax Provincial Stain.
Once the top was ready and dry, I covered it with paper to protect it from overspray while I worked on the bottom and drawers. Then I sprayed two coats of Rustoleum Primer spray, gray.
My customer also asked me to make something fun about the knobs because the previous ones were "grownup" stuff. I happened to have some wood knobs from another project so I painted each of the 11 knobs in different pastel colors. I just mixed some white paint to the several leftover colors I had in stock. That part didn't cost me one cent.
I used my paint sprayer to apply 2 coats of yellow paint (Benjamin Moore Venetian Yellow).
To tone down the yellow and give the piece a special touch, I finished it with some dark brown glaze. I mixed Valspar clear glaze with some black and brown paint I had left.
I applied the glaze using a chip brush, working a small area at a time.
Then I wiped off the glaze using baby wipes until I achieved the look I wanted.
And this was the final result! I call it the happy dresser. I love the color combination and I'm sure they will make it look magic with the rest of their nursery decoration.
My favorite part. The different pastel colors over the yellow.
A close up on the glazed areas.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Feel free to ask me any questions.
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Published January 7th, 2017 3:30 PM
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Em on Jan 06, 2019
Yellow may not be for everyone, but with the knobs and the rug how could you not love this?
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Dee Ann Kennemer McFalls on Apr 17, 2019
I just had to comment on the resource list - the stripper used comes out as ‘stripper’ shorts. Lol, too funny!
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Did they have a boy or girl?????
This is really beautiful but I'm curious as to why there was a need for the grey primer. Is there a reason it was grey or is it just what you had on hand?
You did a lovely job!
What happened to the two holes left by the removal of the handles from the large bottom drawers? and was another hole made for the knobs that replaced them?.