Yesterday, I showed you a picture of some furniture that had been built from a kit. Remember the chest of drawers that I said I had started to paint? It's the one in the lower right corner of the picture....The box the kit came in is pictured in the background~ You know these kits have got to be at least 20+ years old!!!
And here is a picture out of a Pottery Barn catalogue. I love the finish on this piece and as soon as I saw the new chest of drawers, I had to try it.
So, What do you think? I started with a coat of black paint, then a coat of crackle medium. Then I painted it red......oh, before I forget~ don't forget to let it dry in between coats! I am really bad about not waiting, lol. After the red was dry, I sanded the whole thing. Then I went back over it with some oak stain, to age the parts I had just sanded. I had to wait till today to finish it, the humidity here makes everything dry R*E*A*L slow. I did start to glue on the handles, but I have NO clue how they get the draw pulls in there. Ugggg.....I was on such a roll!
Thought I show you a close up of the finish......
And here is a picture out of a Pottery Barn catalogue. I love the finish on this piece and as soon as I saw the new chest of drawers, I had to try it.
So, What do you think? I started with a coat of black paint, then a coat of crackle medium. Then I painted it red......oh, before I forget~ don't forget to let it dry in between coats! I am really bad about not waiting, lol. After the red was dry, I sanded the whole thing. Then I went back over it with some oak stain, to age the parts I had just sanded. I had to wait till today to finish it, the humidity here makes everything dry R*E*A*L slow. I did start to glue on the handles, but I have NO clue how they get the draw pulls in there. Ugggg.....I was on such a roll!
Thought I show you a close up of the finish......
4 comments:
I just love this kind of finishing, and you did a great work. Like you, I am also really bad on waiting LOL!!!but I think I am quite good in reparing the damages LOL.
About the draw pulls , I think you should put and glue all the pieces at the same time, making a very tiny holes on the drawers to make "bed", to the volume.
I am going to try your technique!
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Ana
Thanks Ana.....the directions did say to glue it all at the same time, but my big bulky fingers wouldn't let me hold and glue at the same time. I think I may just poke holes into the drawers and see if I can't feed the handles in that way. Thanks for the advice!! And good luck with the technique!!
:)
Katie, The finish on the drawers is outstanding!
As for putting in the pulls, find yourself some needlenosed tweezers, curved nose or straight. They take a bit of getting used to, but they will save lot of tiny parts from flying away.
I glue the backplates on the drawers and then, holding the pulls with the tweezers, I simply push the pull in a little at a time. It's the hammering that gets you into trouble. The same method works fortiny nails. Push instead of trying to hammer. If you have trouble getting them started, a ball headed straight pin can be pushed into the hole. Good luck!
Thanks Casey!! I think I need a better or thicker straight pin.....And I really need to find the tweezers.....it would be a whole lot easier than trying to do it with my fingers!
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