The Chippy Mustard Yellow Dresser
Do you love all things farmhouse, including chippy old paint and pops of fun color? This is the perfect painted dresser makeover for you!
This is what the dresser looked like before.
One of the first things I did was strip the old finish from the front feet with citristrip. Learn more about how to strip an old finish off of wood furniture.
The back leg was broken, but thankfully the other half was in the drawer, so all we had to do was apply some wood glue to the damaged area and clamp it with a few clamps.
Before painting, I prepped the dresser and primed it with Dixie Belle BOSS.
Once the primer was dry I wrapped up the front legs in plastic so they wouldn't get paint on them.
Then I painted on a couple of coats of Shackteau Interiors Milk Paint.
Milk paint is really interesting paint.
It comes in powdered form, and has to be mixed with water. Then you it goes on just like any old paint, but if the conditions are right, it will randomly crackle, chip and resist the wood surface. Creating a fun farmhouse chippy finish!
You can help it crackle and chip by speeding up the drying paint with a hot hair dryer on it's highest setting.
Once the paint was completely dry, I sanded it down by hand to create more chipping and to make the paint really smooth.
Milk paint has to be sealed for durability and wipe-ability. So I sealed it with matte poly.
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Beautiful just beautiful!!
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Love this! Perfectly finished ... not overdone!
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