Dresser with Handpainted Design

 My most recent piece of artwork...

this little dresser with an attached mirror

Here she was before....

You can't tell in these photos but she had a couple of spots where the veneer was chipped or missing....but overall a very nice little solid piece of furniture.

 I knew I wanted to use the green Antibes color and originally I had a plaid design in mind for the drawers....

  Then my sister-in-law bought Mighty this cute little shirt with a blue, flowered pattern on it. 

You never know when inspiration will strike....

 I decided to paint the body of the dresser Antibes and then dry brushed a light coat of Old White over that before distressing it.

On the drawer front I only used the Old White since I planned on adding the blue design...
I free handed a flower shape on some heavy tag board, cut it out and traced it onto the drawers

The photo above is the flowers before I added the centers. I used two different blue colors.  One for the flowers themselves which is more of a navy and then a brighter blue for the lines and the centers of the flowers.

 Added a little green dot at each intersection to tie the drawers together with the colors on the rest of the piece....

I decided not to paint the hardware.  On this piece it would have been really distracting if they were painted white.  I used some red scotch brite to clean them up and now all those beautiful little details pop back out... 

It also reminds me a lot of the Annie Selke slipcovered chair I did for my friend this winter...
This little piece makes me long for a room for Mighty that I can decorate just for her!!!