Curbside Find to Geometric!
My husband found this dresser sitting on the side of the road with broken handles... And some damage on the bottom drawer. Other than that it was a great shape!
I removed what knobs were left and gave it a good cleaning with krud kutter.
Then I took some speckle and filled all the holes. After it dried I sanded it smooth.
I painted 2 Coats of my base color with Retique It Stone Castle gray. After it was fully dry, I used Yellow delicate surface Frog Tape to tape the surrounding areas I didn't want painted.
Then I started with my first shape by taping it.
I painted over the tape with my base color first. That way if it wasn't sealed enough my color wouldn't bleed.
Then I painted my color 2 coats until you couldn't see the base color. Remove the tape carefully while wet at an angle so it doesn't remove any paint with it.
After each color dried thoroughly, I taped off new sections.
As you can see..I had a little bit to touch up. I used a fine artist brush instead of taping again.
I sealed the dresser using Retique It Tripletique. It's great stuff and will be easy to clean later.
So...the drawers were all different sizes and honestly I hate math and measuring, so I put a dab of toothpaste on the screw holes of the handles where I wanted to drill new ones. Yup..I'm one of those people.🤣
My husband would have spent hours measuring.
I then put on all the hardware. (I did spray paint these vintage handles with black)
And here it is! Wouldn't this be fun in a kid's room?
I think the colors are perfect together. 🥰
I ended up using Retique It Stone Castle, Marigold, Snow, Viridian, and Black Indigo. I used small amounts of paint colors, price of project is an estimate of that.
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I think you made it look Awesome!! Plus this looks like how my hubby would of painted it!! Nice job and it looks so much better!!
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No measuring needed, your pulls look perfect! I'm not into measuring either. I call it "eyeballing" for my measurements. My husband is always surprised on how accurate I get things done every time. Some have the talent, some don't...ha
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