Inspiration: Antique Dresser Redo

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This little antique piece was a hot mess needed a little T.L.C. before it could be painted.  The back had fallen off somewhere in time and I'm pretty sure it had been the home for a scary critter.

 I scrubbed the crap out of it carefully cleaned the wood and went to work.  Mr. Vintage Fragment made the repairs and installed a new backing board.

 She's painted in Old White and Duck Egg Blue Chalk Paint.  I'm completely smitten with the Duck Egg Blue Color these days.

Before and After: French Modern Louis XVI Style Striped Chest of Drawers

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This fabulous find is from an old antique store.  She's a vintage beauty!  Great lines, solid wood!

 Gorgeous Acanthus Leaf Hardware!

 I started with a a coat of Chalk Paint in Old White on the Cabinet and all the drawers.

 The front panels and the inside of the drawers were painted in Duck Egg Blue.  I lined them up to guild silver stripes out of gilding wax.  I taped off the stripes using painters tape.

 The hardware received some silver gilding as well!  So pretty!

 Finished the entire thing of with a coat of clear wax.

Before and After: The Hoarder Turned Fabulously French!

UPDATE:

This Piece Has Sold

This was from a hoarders home.  Don't be grossed out.  Hoarders = cool stuff to refinish!

It was a terribly ugly, rope chest of drawers circa 1975.  It's the Mullet of Furniture.  Here's a few before shots.

Enter our hero--Chalk Paint in Paris Grey.  Even the hardware took a coat of this stuff--not my usual style but it definitly works here!

Once the Paint was dry, I coated it in some clear wax with some mild distressing.  Tres Chic!