Bet you thought since I already posted a project this week, I'd have nothing to show you... Au contraire, mes amies! I have a gorgeous French dresser to show you. I bought this highboy for a whopping $40 off craigslist. It is solid maple, well made, and has some gorgeous shapely drawers. (Hey, so do I!)
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| This photo was taken after most of the sanding was done. |
It needed some minor repairs made to some of the drawer glides, but all of its hardware was present, which made me happy! I chose a soft blue to paint it. After a coat of primer and 3 coats of paint though, I was just not happy with the color. So I gave it a good distressing by hand to show off all those curves and edges, and then went over it all with Minwax Provincial stain, which is quite dark. I used a sponge brush to brush it on, and then wiped off, following the grain of the wood, with a rag. When all was said and done, it had a lovely antiqued finish, and the color was much better- more of a blue/green, and much prettier. Here it is now!
So now that the new year is here, are you back and ready with projects to show off? I hope so! I have been pretty nice so far with people who link up projects other than furniture, but starting today, I will be deleting posts that are not furniture. Sorry guys, but this party is SPECIFICALLY FURNITURE REDOS!
Rules Schmules:
1. You must be a follower of this here ol' blog.
2. Make sure you post a permalink and not just a link to your main blog page.
3. Your link MUST BE A FURNITURE MAKEOVER.
4. Please add my button to your post or sidebar.
5. Not required, but please be kind and go visit some of the other links.
6. Party on!
Sharing the dresser here:
36 comments:
Another HUGE piece of furniture....how do you DO that!!!!!! Awesome, as usual!
Sherry@Back2Vintage
Okay, so how soon can you deliver it??? LOVE IT!
Thanks for hosting, as always! Those curvy drawer fronts are so neat!
XO
Lenore
Very nice, you always find the great deals.
Thanks for this painting advice. I have a dresser that I found curbside (free) that I am working on. Maybe I can show it next week.
Awesome piece, awesome price and beautiful finish! Oh Provencial stain...how I love thee!
Love that big curvy dresser!
What a great looking dresser! And to think you got it for $40.00, what a great deal!
LOVE this....I need this one for my daughter's room!
What a gorgeous find Cassie! I just featured this on Craft Gossip :) http://homeandgarden.craftgossip.com/french-dresser-redo/
Gorgeous!!Love it! I just might have something to enter before the linky closes this week. ;-) shaunna
LOVING this one Cassie. The design is gorgeous. I have a cap I will pay for dressers and it is $40. This one was well worth it! I am always loving that scrolly hardware on those french provincial pieces...It's the best when it is all there....
Thanks as always for hosting....
Take care,
Lisa
Beautiful! You crack me up...curvy drawers hahaha! What craigslist do you look on?!? I can never find anything good AND cheap in this area.
Cassie,
Beautiful looking chest...love the color!
Blessings,
Linda
Cassie, I love the rustic look of this piece. Its just wonderful!The curves are beautiful, those french pieces are my faves to makeover. Thanks for hosting today!
Lurve the curve, baby!
Wow! What a find! It turned out so pretty, and you can sure see all those curves!
Beautiful, Cassie. That's a good size dresser with great lines. Love the color and your finish on it.
That is such an amazing transformation - I would like to do this one day, when I'm not Mod Podging. Gorgeous!
That turned out beautiful!!
Just found you from my pal Lisa at Serendipity Chic - I love your site and I became a follower!
I hope my island counts!
I hope you like my site and I invite you to become a follower!
I will add your link to my site too. I'm new at all this and haven't mastered buttons yet!
Thanks!
Once again you have given a piece the perfect touch Cassie! Love it!
-Rene
HI! did you put anything on after the stain? (ie, will it stay "protected" still?)... it's lovely and I'm possibly thinking of changing some colors schemes in the house..have always loved the dove grey/blue colors.
I would have bought that for $40 - the drawers have such a cool shape!
Thanks for your sweet comment on my table. I have put it in your link party am now following your blog. I would love it if you did the same! You did a gorgeous job bringing out the lines of that dresser. Beautiful!
Jenni
Yay! I finally have something to share. that dresser is lovely. Thanks for hosting :)
Thanks so much for commenting on my chair. I am new to blogging so any positive comment is very much appreciated. I love your dresser makeover. i have been on the look out for a curvy dresser myself. Thanks again and I look forward to seeing more of your great finds!
LOVE the French dresser. I don't think I've seen one exactly like it before!
i love this Cassie... i gave you a thank you for inspiration come over and see! also where did you grow up in Massachusetts? I grew up in Worcester and live right by Mt Wachusett now. :)
you are a painting machine!!!! great job...love the lines of that one!
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So pretty! You did a fantastic job as usual and LOL at your drawers! You crack me up. ;)
Now...I'm hiding from the snow and not leaving the house. I'm sure there is a piece of furniture around here somewhere and a can of paint....
Hello!!!! I love this =) I have one exactly like it sitting in my garage right now with its sister the long dresser! I haven't done anything with them but got them for free off of craigslist =)
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Love the dresser, and you have a link party; awesome! I'll definitely be back next week for that!
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great job! great color! new to blogging, but want to follow you and hope you'll check out my furniture redos!
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Ohhh, gosh. I do LOVE the redo idea and I think it was really creative and a great use of Craigslist.
The "shabby chic" thing always gets a wee bit lost on me sometimes, though. For some reason the new paint job makes it look to me like a white/pastel blue dresser that got dirt on it (tastes vary, it probably looks entirely different to fans of the look). But I adore that you found such a very pretty dresser, and while I probably would have sanded/repaired it as you did but then applied an extremely dark, rich stain/finish, I love that you rescued such a nice piece and turned it into something new and creative. It's a very cool post. :)
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