Antique dresser from the 1930's painted in Cece Caldwell's "Vintage white". This piece has all the original hardware and scrumptious areas of chipping and crackling,sealed by hand with a natural paste wax. Sure to be a perfect fit anywhere!
Should I change my name?? I have recently gotten the chippy bug! It's a sickness! I Seriously want to chip up EVRYTHING I get my hands on! hahahah I am REEEAALY trying to control myself on a cute project I have coming up BUT for now....Chippy Shabby? Comin' right up....
Ain't she cute?! I want to keep all my pieces but this one is really calling my name..I love the drawer pulls, the re-done mahogany top, and of course the chippy paint..ugh'! decisions, decisions... Any who, here is her
I had to clean it with what seemed liked 2 gallons of TSP to get all the POLISH off of this thing! Note to self Folks,..Just because you used seventy two cans of Old English furniture polish on it, It does NOT hide the horrendous staining job ya' did....Jus' Sayin.. = /
So I got her cleaned up and used the compressor to blow out all the dust bunnies.With this piece I actually used some spray on primer because the mahogany was bleeding through the 2 coats of ASCP I tested on a small spot.
Then I used some stripper to get all of the 4,789,293 coats of stain off of it..No exaggeration..Look at this!!!
eewwww..It looks like the thing is shedding turds! eye yi yi!
Any way, we got all the stain off, sanded her down to her birthday suit and let her BREATH for awhile while I painted and chipped away..
I always start upside down, makes life soooo----o much easier when painting furniture!
The top was a labor of love and I hope it shows.. I conditioned the wood with wipe on wood conditioner,
and stained her with "Espresso" stain from Varathane, I then applied 4 coats of Shellac (Drying about 4 hours in between coats)
And heeeeerre she is.....
uh', Jossy & Frank! Get outta' my photo shoot!!! :)
BEFORE. Nice vintage desk with original town and country hardware.
Look at those carvings at the bottom... LUV it!
Hi Lovies,
Well here is that chippy luuvvvvvvv..desk I was tellin' ya about the other day. She is all done up in "Provence" from ASCP. Dark waxed it like a mutha' and TA DAAAAAA... I call her "Billie" Cuz' she's got some dirty blues honey! Hope you likey..
OH! I tried a new tool out I read about...cabinet scrapers...I guess they are used in finishing cabinetry, ya' know..for like..SCRAPING!? ;) BUT they also help with giving a chippy look!I got mine from ebay for $16.00 for 3 different styles of blade. I found the curvy one is the one I liked best. I even took video.. check it out..
*DISCLAIMER* I am not a video editor and I have no idea how to "Cut and/or Splice" so, sorry..your just gonna have to sit through the whole boring thing! hahha Just wanted to share how I achieved the chippy look (ALSO, some people do this same process with a razor blade..Yikes!)
I used Annie Sloan "Provence"
She had some very minor issues..nothing a little wood filler can't fix!
Like butta'....
When it gets too chilly to paint outside,paint in...YOUR KITCHEN!
