Thursday, February 22, 2018

Sewing chest: re-do

Pictured here is an old wood chest of drawers, purchased about twelve years ago at a yard sale in MS. It was originally painted solid white, and had small round white porcelain drawer pulls. Actually, those pulls were not large enough to open the drawers easily. No drawers in the before photo. Looking back, 'should have made a better before photo. The first photo is the chest after refinished. Please continue reading to see more photos.



There is the top, after being sanded and varnished. It was white, and I decided to varnish it olde maple for some contrast to the Valspar® Brisk Olive eggshell paint. The varnish has clear coat polyurethane already mixed in. After the chest was all dry, it got larger round antique gold tone drawer pulls. Do you like my choices for paint, varnish and pulls? Yes, in the left corner of the first photo you can see another olive item. Come back soon, that's another post.

Blessings, Danice G.

8 comments:

Terra said...

I like the top and its natural wood and the olive paint color. Well done.

Createology said...

I do like your choices very much and they bring new life to this very functional chest. Happy upcycling dear. <3

Raymond Homestead said...

Looks very nice!

Danice G said...

Thank you all. Some people do not like the green color family, but I love it. It's a new life for this chest.

Val's Quilting Studio said...

I love the green too!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy it!

Danice G said...

Thanks Val. The chest definitely looks way better than before, and is my favorite color. Win win!

Mary said...

I like the wood look for the top. The green is nice with the drawer pulls.

Danice G said...

Thanks Mary. The chest is now useful + much prettier.