Pure Colors, Original Elegance for Grandma’s Dresser

This month I am excited once again to participate in The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest™ with other talented bloggers at Thirtyeighthstreet.com and Anastasiavintage.

This month’s theme is Pure Colors, Original Elegance and is sponsored by Pure & Original Paint.

Disclosure:  Pure & Original Paint provided the paint for this project but all opinions are my own. Some or all of the participants in this month’s contest for The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest™  received product compensation from the sponsoring brand, Pure & Original, in order to complete the themed projects. Pure & Original will also provide the prize package for the contest winner.

You can find more details and color options for at www.pure-original.com/paint.

Since the first year of my marriage I have moved, stored, and moved again this plain dark dresser that belonged to my sweet Grandma Rose.  Actually, I don’t really know when I inherited this piece, but I do know it has been with me in at least 4 our my homes.

Over time it has become a little rickety and we lost one of the wooden knobs along the way.

For some time I have envisioned it looking better, and so much prettier.

When this month’s contest for The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest™ was announced with Pure & Original paints, I just knew the time had come for me to update Grandma Rose’s old dresser and make it pretty again.

To start, I had to do some repair work and glue some of the inner drawer pieces back in place. This dresser has been in my son’s room for the last 8 years, but with his walk-in closet and built-in shelving, he hadn’t actually used or even opened any of the drawers in years.  I definitely found some interesting odds and ends from his childhood days in a few of the drawers.

I had ordered two paint colors from Pure & Original for this contest, one in a pale green named Landscape, and the second one an off white color named Old Linen.

I wanted to give the dresser a more modern farmhouse, and elegant vibe, so I started by painting the drawer fronts in the Landscape green.  The rest of the dresser I painted in the Old Linen color.

Pure & Original chalk paints are very thick, so I followed their suggestion to add just a few drops of water to the paint before applying it to the dresser.  The paint went on like butter and was so smooth.  I applied three coats of paint for a fuller coverage.

Pure & Original chalk paint also does not need a wax sealant or finish, but I decided to add a layer of wax to this piece for the added shine and modern feel.  Even before I added the wax, the dresser and paint was beautiful though.  I also added some slight distressing to the drawer fronts because it just seemed to be what it needed to give it more of a modern, farmhouse vibe.

I found some fabulous replacement knobs in a shiny brass color at Lowe’s.

Grandma Rose’s updated dresser will be part of the overall new design plan for Guest Room 2 (aka our son’s current room).  I think Grandma would like the new look.

If you are interested in participating in future contests for The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest™ contact info@fabfurnitureflippincontest.com.

“A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”  Proverbs 12:26

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