{"id":592,"date":"2012-03-19T18:06:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T22:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=592"},"modified":"2014-09-03T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T02:13:16","slug":"592","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=592","title":{"rendered":"A white dresser makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today for your viewing pleasure we have a lovely dresser makeover. \u00a0A friend of mine asked me to refinish an old dresser that had been at her family’s beach house for as long as she could remember and was now sitting in the basement. \u00a0She wanted to make use of it again but it needed a little work.<\/p>\n

Here is the before pic:<\/p>\n

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I stripped the whole dresser of the old paint. \u00a0The drawers were hard to open because the bottom of the drawer had slipped out of place so I put everything back where it belonged. \u00a0Next was priming, painting (Safecoat flat white),then a clear coat for durability (VT Naturals Polywhey in satin). \u00a0To help the drawers slide better I also added some of my Kerf’s ecofriendly paste wax to the drawer sides and bottom.<\/p>\n

I don’t usually distressed things because I feel a lot of people reeeeeally over do it. \u00a0 A lot of times the distressing seems\u00a0kitschy since the it’s rubbed off in a place that would never have paint rubbed off. \u00a0\u00a0Call me a realist I guess. \u00a0Anyway, since the customer wanted a distressed dresser, that’s what she got. \u00a0I just made sure to keep it low key and only do it in areas that seemed right, like the front corner that might get rubbed up against a lot.<\/p>\n

And here is the finished dresser.<\/p>\n

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TB mentioned today that our favorite mascot Opie hasn’t been featured lately and he might be feeling a bit left out. \u00a0(He reads this blog on his Ipad.) \u00a0So here he is and from the look on his face you can tell how impressed he is with this photo shoot.<\/p>\n

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Today for your viewing pleasure we have a lovely dresser makeover. \u00a0A friend of mine asked me to refinish an old dresser that had been at her family’s beach house for as long as she could remember and was now…
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