When I purchased this antique chest of drawers from an old neighbor I knew it had to be reloved in milk paint. Milk paint is the perfect paint for antique and vintage pieces as it keeps them in the time era they were built.
Color now is a whole other ball of wax; originally I thought
Old Fashioned Milk Paint in sea green as a real one of a kind piece but my heart kept going back to my favorite
Old Fashioned Milk Paint color,
light cream.
To date, this
vintage vanity/desk is one of my favorite pieces I have done.
it is always a classic color, perfect for this
vintage quilt rack
This dresser has had a few makeovers in its past as you can see by the colors revealed when sanding
and the original handles were removed and glass knobs added, which was far to busy in my opinion
and the sweet key holes all filled in ;(
so I dug them all back out to original
and sanded the entire piece down and scrubbed well as I always do with my pieces and left to dry
See scrubbing videos part one
here and part two
here
the fun part begins now with paint, the first 2 of 3 coats of the
light cream milk paint goes on
After 3 coats are on and dry, I hand
waxed the whole piece with DV clear wax then added detailing and shadows with my favorite
Daddy Van's café noir wax
Now to put the jewelry on the sweet thing,
D Lawless Hardware carries virtually everything you would need to make a piece from antique to modern. And their customer service can answer any question you might have. I found new casters (original were missing of course), matching gold bail pulls and escutcheons and if you can believe it a key that works! Every drawer can be locked!!
Now that it was all back to close to original as possible, here are the full shots
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