painted blue dresser

May 2

I fell in love with this distressed blue dresser from Pottery Barn Teen when it first hit the catalogue last year and new the look would be perfect in my master bedroom.

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I have two entire bedroom suits of Queen Anne furniture that's just not my style and are prime for reporpusing.

I already painted the long dresser white for BabyGirl's Nursery and was thrilled with the result so I thought the tall dresser deserved a makeover too

Here's the gist of what I did

Step 1

move dresser outside and take drawers out

Step 2

lightly sand using an electric sander.

The more you sand the better, but I just did it lightly to get all the shellac finish and wax off because I'm not that strong and my arms started hurting before I got off the dark stain

dust off

Step 3

paint the entire thing using a pretty medium thick coat

Not exactly dry brushed but not globbed on either

Step 4

drink a glass of wine while it's drying

You'll find you actually have time for more than one glass but I wouldn't suggest it as it may interfere with the next several steps

Step 5

take a piece of sand paper and with a very light hand rough up your paint job a bit

It's especially nice to remove all the paint in the corners or crevices

dust off

Step 6

Go ahead and pour another glass to enjoy during the next step

Step 7

Using a lint free white cloth (you can buy them at Home Depot or Lowe's in the painting section) dip into a can of briwax in dark walnut

Working in one section at a time, wipe the corners and crevices with wax

then wipe the rest of your section following with the grain of the wood

take a second rag and wipe away any excess.

Continue with this method until you've finished the entire piece

I find it easiest to work from the top down and to do each of the drawers while they're still free standing

Step 8

Finish that bottle of wine while it's drying
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Before

After

Before

After

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I actually forgot to upload the before pictures of the dresser and nightstand I painted so I just substituted pictures of the combo that I haven't painted yet to give you the idea