One of my returning clients wanted me to re-finish a very old piece of hers. I loved it the second I saw it. It was a five drawer dresser, all original hardware, on wheels, and even had cute little key holes:
The piece definitely needed some luvin’. The inside’s of the drawers had fabric tack-pinned in them, and it looked as though it had been there for 200 years!
My client loved the two tone look I had done on a bedroom set, and thought it would look great on the dresser. She picked her own colors, and we discussed that the lighter color on the drawers with the darker color on the outside would look best. Since the hardware fit perfectly, and were quite beautiful, I decided to spray them with good old reliable Rustoleum.
I used my new paint spray gun (yes, I finally have it down ….), and I think the piece came out awesome! We talked about distressing it ever so slightly to give it that beach look because her house is right on the water in Quincy, Ma hence the “Worn by the Sea” title, fitting I think. Here is the finished product:
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