Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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!!!

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14 comments:

  1. Love to see where someone gets their inspiration! The dresser turned out so pretty and one of a kind. I love quikwood for filling in veneer issues...another bloggy friend told me about this stuff and it is amazing.

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    1. Thanks for the tip! I'll have to look for that for future use we're always finding pieces that have veneer issues....and thanks for stopping by!

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  2. Oh my goodness, this is gorgeous! I love your inspiration photo too ;-)

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    1. I love my inspiration photo too--LOL!!!! Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words about my work

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  3. I loooooove this! what a great redo! excited to see more from you!

    kennesha
    visiting from miss mustard seed's FFF

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    1. Thanks Kennesha....I'm headed over to nose around your blog :) a little bit

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  4. The hardware on your dresser is gorgeous! And you did such a fun design... very cute!

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    1. I thought the hardware was beautiful too...too pretty to paint this time! Thanks for stopping by...

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  5. This redo is sooo beautiful! I love the colors and the pattern you chose!

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    1. Thanks Alison....I love the colors too! And am having so much fun stretching my "art" skills on furniture...thanks for stopping by and commenting on my work....

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  6. I love, love, love the pattern you chose...and the distressing on the drawers is just right. What a darling piece!

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    1. Thank-you! I try hard to make all of it work together...colors, patterns, amount of distressing ---so your comment is appreciated!!!!

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  7. Lovely little dresser. Fabulous creation!
    Pam

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    1. Thank-you thank-you thank-you!!!! And for stopping by too

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