Master Bedroom Dresser

A few months ago, I was on a search for a French dresser for our master bedroom when I came across this one on Craig’s List. 

I knew it wouldn’t be staying white but wasn’t sure what color I wanted to go with.  It took me about three months to decide!  After looking around the other things we have in our master bedroom, I decided to take these two items with me when I went looking at Annie Sloan Chalk Paint {ASCP} colors.  Plus, I took into consideration the quilt you see, which is on our bed.

As well as these drapes that I had gotten from Pottery Barn shortly after we moved in.

I also had my friend, Sue, with me, who provided a second set of eyes to determine which color went better!  Duck Egg was the hands down winner. 

As soon as I started putting the color on I felt happy with my choice!  Did you ever start painting a color and right away knew that you went with the right one?  Warning: Picture overload ahead!

Once I got the first coat on, I was really pleased!  It anchored this side of the bedroom more by having this darker color on the dresser and I could see it was going to work in really well with everything else I’ve been pulling together in here.

The mirror will be removed {as soon as I can get hubby for about 10 minutes} and I will be using a mirror I had in our old house.  It will also need to be painted, but I think it will work better on this wall and with this dresser.

I wasn’t sure what else I was going to do to it once I got the two coats on.  I decided to add in some Old White, which I already had, and just put it in a couple of the detailed areas. 

I don’t often mix two colors on one piece of furniture, so I decided to play it low key.

I applied some clear wax once the paint was dry.   I waited 24 hours and then put a little dark wax on.

I used some Antique Gold Rub n Buff on the hardware.   Here they are “before” in silver, which was nice, but I have no silver going on in this room.

I applied the rub n buff with a little brush. 

Once I was satisfied with the look of the dark wax, I reattached the hardware to the drawers.

I am loving it!

I waited another 24 hours after I applied the dark wax and gave it a nice buffing before I put my lamp and accessories back on the top of the dresser, but I’m not going to show you that part yet.  I’d like to have the mirror finished first to give a more complete picture of this side of the room.

This dresser is one project I can cross off my 2012 project list! 

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Kathy