Distressed/Beachy Combo!

Scored this little beat up gem off of CL. It looks good from afar, but trust me, 

she showed her age up close. 

I decided on a very shabby, anthro style. 

Here's what I did:

The bottom of all of these were in pretty poor shape. I cut and replaced all of them. 

This ancient insecticide bag I found stuck behind the drawers clued me into what all these tiny wormy-holes were!  Um, ewwww.   I filled them in, sanded, cleaned and painted all of the drawers.

 The entire body got a good sanding, holes were filled and everything wiped down.

 I gave the entire piece a light coat of bold cobalt milk paint. I then went over everything with
my home made chalk paint. (2:1...dissolve PP in hot water before adding to paint. Smooth as silk)
I used a Dunn Edwards color called, "Antique White" in a Behr paint.  I used maybe 1/4 of this!

This piece chipped to perfection. Very rustic. I used two coats of the white, sanded and finished

with a light paste wax. Here is one of the drawers with the new bottom. I was going to use 

these cobalt knobs, but then I found some others on Amazon that went perfectly with the 

blue and green! Love these! A little pricey, but I couldn't use the original

because three were missing. 

 The top was restained, tung oiled and dark paste wax. 

I thought it went pretty well with the beachy subway art table. **They are both for sale**  !!!

 The wood on the top is so pretty. I couldn't paint it. I Love to leave the tops natural.

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