Wednesday, February 15, 2012

A darling french dresser

When my client first dropped off this dresser, I thought it looked just like the many other vintage, french dressers I've painted over the last year.  But as I sanded it down, smoothed out the imperfections and put the primer on, all the great details in the drawers came to life and I realized what a darling piece it really is!


When any furniture with drawers is dropped off, the main piece and the drawers are usually unloaded and carried into my garage separately.  I frequently find that I'm too lazy to put the drawers back in to take the before photo, just to have to take them back out to work on them.  I generally use the original photos that were send for the initial quote.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize the before photos of this one were from a craigslist posting and have since expired.  So, no ugly before shots this time.


The color is Benjamin Moore's Deep Silver in a satin finish and the original vintage hardware was sprayed a contrasting white.





16 comments:

  1. Gorgeous, as always!! You are amazing.

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  2. Nice! I love the color and think the paint brings out the dresser's details! Awesome work, as always!

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  3. Love the color and contrasting hardware!

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  4. Those 19702's french dressers are everywhere, but yours is unique in the detail on the drawers. You don't see that as often.

    I love your color choice - a lot. You did a beautiful job.

    Shari

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  5. So beautiful. That is a great color for that dresser. Well done as always.

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  6. That turned out very, very pretty Natalie.

    I honestly think I have a problem...forgetting before photos! Not sure if it's pure laziness or paint fumes getting to me but I just want to kick myself every time!

    Hope your feeling well:)
    Julie

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  7. I LOVE that moment when you start painting and all of a sudden you see those beautiful lines and details coming out (I'm getting excited right now as I type about it)! This is awesome as always!

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  8. Wow beautiful job. I love all the detail on the dresser.

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  9. You are not the only one guilty of forgetting before photos. I almost always do it. I think it is because I get so excited to see the transformation that I just dive in!
    oh well, maybe next time!
    You did a great job on the dresser! It is stunning.

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  10. I swoon for this piece. I live in the phoenix area and might just have to get our dresser refinished in that color. You make furniture look so beautiful.

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  11. Sharp,I love the grey and white and all the details!

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  12. Really gorgeous! So striking with the white hardware. Your work is always so beautiful.

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  13. Can you tell us the paint color you used for this piece?

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