Before As Well As After: Vintage Dresser Amongst Découpage Pattern

The other weekend piece driving out of town to watch household unit of measurement nosotros hitting upwardly the local thrift stores to encounter if nosotros could acquire whatever deals. Lately I’ve been finding that would local thrift shops are rattling picked over, in addition to thence this volition probable acquire a habit every fourth dimension nosotros watch family! We picked upwardly this pocket-sized dresser for practically naught in addition to this fourth dimension I was looking to experiment amongst it. The acme was heavy duty laminate, I’d never painted plastic earlier but was willing to give it a shot. Andrew spent a few years working at a hardware store in addition to knew precisely what type of pigment would practice the job.

We hitting upwardly the Home Depot simply inwards fourth dimension to grab the halt of their long weekend sale in addition to saved us a lovely $7 on a tin of CIL Smart three Anywhere Primer. This pigment should live applied afterwards you lot scuff the surface amongst 200 grit sandpaper. You’ll desire to apply several sparse coats in addition to allow them dry out completely in betwixt applications. Just read the instructions on the tin in addition to you lot can’t fail! It took nigh three coats in addition to the surface was perfect for applying our high gloss Benjamin Moore pigment from their Advance line. This pigment is self-leveling in addition to rattling durable, addition it exclusively takes nigh 2 coats to attain the best colour.

So I gauge you’re wondering what I was experimenting amongst on this project? I decided to découpage! I know what you’re thinking, what the heck? Isn’t découpage something from the 80s that looks genuinely tacky?? Andrew was pretty sceptical on this sentiment equally well, but afterwards some convincing in addition to deciding on what sort of designing we’d apply, it was a go! Applying designing to the sides of the drawers is a fun way to add together subtle color in addition to texture to whatever room without it beingness inwards your confront 24/7. You could compare it to wearing a twosome of fun socks that people exclusively encounter when you lot cross your legs.

Supplies:
- Mod Podge Glue
- Large fine art pigment brush
- Popsicle stick (optional)
- Printed designing on newspaper sized to stand upwardly for your drawer
(if you lot can’t brand a pattern, I’m certain you lot tin uncovering something on the Google
I made my pattern using Adobe Illustrator, printed it on matte paper, trimmed it to fit, in addition to attached it to the sides of my drawers using the Mod Podge glue. You’ll desire to apply a liberal layer of gum using your large creative individual brush, place your designing on acme in addition to shine out chop-chop using a popsicle stick. You tin utilization the back of your mitt if you lot recall you lot tin take the bubbles inwards the newspaper this way. You’ll desire to locomote chop-chop equally in that location isn’t much might to slide the newspaper some i time it’s placed down.
Once it’s completely smooth, utilization a large pigment brush in addition to apply a liberal coat of Mod Podge on acme of your designing to seal it inwards identify in addition to give it a glossy appearance. More bubbles may appear at this point, you lot tin driblet dead on to utilization the popsicle stick, or you lot tin simply utilization your fingers to force out the bubbles. Once it’s completely covered, allow it all dry out in addition to stride dorsum to admire your beautiful work.

I also updated the hardware. I was hoping to salve the brass handles, but they were inwards crude oil shape, in addition to thence I sanded them downwards in addition to applied three coats of White High Gloss Rustoleum spray paint.

I did the same for the legs, but kept the footling brass feet because they simply needed to live cleaned up. The caps on the legs were company brass in addition to the handles were plated brass, this makes a large unlike for refinishing. Sadly the brass plating on the handles had by in addition to large worn off in addition to thence that’s why I decided to pigment them. You tin figure out if it’s plated or not by using a magnet, if the magnet sticks, this agency it plated, if not, it’s the existent deal.

I cleaned upwardly the brass feet using a baking soda in addition to vinegar mixture in addition to scrubbed aggressively until the dirt was removed, I also used a genuinely depression grit sanding block to take the genuinely tough dirt (I don’t recommend doing this on something you lot genuinely love, because it volition genuinely give the brass a brushed appearance, but I was ok amongst it if it meant it would await clean!)

Check out how it all came together:

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