Summer Project

I wasn't really planning to refinish a piece of furniture this summer but I found this piece on Craigslist and thought it would be good in Caitlin's room!

Before.

One of the Craigslist photos.

After.

In Caitlin's room---actually it used to be her room but now it functions more as a guest room.

I painted the back of the mirrors to match the red chair that is in the room.

Here you can see the drawer sides and inside.  They were so yucky I decided to paint the inside of the drawers and put paper on the outside.

 The drawers have pretty detail work.

I had to use my flash so the gray in the photo is not the real gray, it is actually darker like the "after" photo or the photo below.

I like how the distressing turned out.  The paint I used was a custom color from a chalk paint company called "Country Chic".  It's the only company I know of that will make a custom color.  I saw this color on a blog and really liked it.

This is the detail in the middle of the dresser under the mirror.  I distressed the edges of the detail work so that it would show up---used an emery board :).