Farmhouse Dresser

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I haven’t been doing much painting lately, mainly because I haven’t found anything worth painting!

But a few weeks ago I grabbed this sturdy old dresser off a Facebook garage sale site.

It had great, simple lines but was stained with an orangey/honey color and was really roughed up on top.

The weather cooperated this week and so I was able to refinish it in an afternoon on my back porch.

When I started working on it I saw traces of it being painted before.

Someone had stripped it and re-stained it some time ago, and it was time for me to give it new life #3.

When you come across solid wood pieces like this, don’t pass them up! Giving them a new style is so simple and they are built to last, so they’ll be a sturdy piece of furniture for years to come.

I sanded down the top to smooth it out and get the yuck off.

Then gave the base two coats of MMS milk paint, a 3:1 mix of Shutter Gray and Ironstone.  That’s just what I happened to have on hand.

Those two coats dried nice and quick in the sun, then all I had to do was give the whole piece a good scrape to remove any flaking paint and top it off with a quick coat of wax.

I re-stained the top with a poly/stain combo product (again, just what I had on hand) and while I didn’t like the thickness of its application, the end product turned out great.

I did give the whole piece a quick once-over with my orbital sander before I painted it, so the milk paint stuck quite well and chipped in fine pieces, which is what I was going for.

The top re-stained really well and compliments the blue/gray.

I’m happy with it! It was such a quick piece that it may have spoiled me . . . It will head up to my shop as soon as I have a spot open up for it.

Until then, I’ll enjoy it here.