How To Pigment Slice Of Furniture Alongside Chalk Pigment (And How To Live On A Diy Disaster).

How To Paint Furniture alongside Chalk Paint How To Paint Furniture alongside Chalk Paint (and how to hold out a DIY disaster).

Hey ya'll. So recollect the $50 Craigslist dresser I institute finally month for my TV stand upwards project? And recollect how I said I was going to stain it?
Well, my initiatory off effort at staining a dresser was a total fail. I spent ii weeks on this thing, stripping it, staining it, hating it, epitome it 3 unlike colors, in addition to ultimately saving the solar daytime alongside some novel chalk paint.
Welcome to the latest episode of disaster blog.

So, I've sentiment of a 1000000 ways to tell this story, most of which involve me leaving out 99% of it, but ultimately I've decided simply to tell you lot everything.
I'm sticking my toe inwards the vulnerability pool. Don't allow me sink.
I forgot my floaties dorsum at the hotel.

Let's rewind to the beginning. I've been working on assembling our living room, in addition to finding the right sized dresser for the TV has been the hardest part. I'm ordinarily express inwards the budget department, thus I've ever had to attempt in addition to create the best of what I already own.

When nosotros initiatory off moved in, nosotros had a really former TV in addition to an antique dresser (that volition eventually destination upwards inwards the entryway nook). It was the hottest of messes, in addition to oddly enough, I nonetheless expect dorsum upon that fourth dimension catamenia every bit a peachy one.

Youth.

Then, Kevin was introduced. It was the worst thrift store dresser ever, in addition to no affair how hard I tried...it simply didn't work.

So, during the 3 calendar month catamenia that I was living at Panera in addition to the floors were beingness installed, I spent a lot of fourth dimension searching thrift stores in addition to Craigslist for something better.

And I eventually institute just what I needed on Craigslist for $50.
Here's the original Craigslist picture.
I definitely sent Jesse to selection it up. :)

I was alone interested inwards the shape in addition to dimensions, in addition to was willing to expect past times the orangish woods color.
So, Jesse hauled it domicile in addition to I laid it upwards inwards that piffling extra room dorsum inwards the bedroom. Because although it makes null sense, I emptied out that room in addition to conduct maintain been using it every bit my projection room lately.

So, this is where the story gets kinda odd. My original conception was to strip the dresser in addition to role a combination of walnut stain in addition to white launder to create a Restoration Hardware look.

I did tons of research, in addition to was simply for sure that I could line it off.

I succeeded inwards stripping the dresser.....and thus totally failed alongside the staining. I didn't realize until AFTER I stripped it that the tops in addition to sides of the dresser were some sort of pressed woods veneer, in addition to no affair how hard I tried (even using several unlike products), the pressed woods simply wouldn't absorb the stain correctly.

Although the staining procedure was a total flop, the stripping procedure was a success. And since I teach thus many questions almost stripping furniture, I sentiment it mightiness live helpful to include a piffling fight almost my initiatory off experience.

First of all, I chose to role Citristrip stripping gel in addition to mineral spirits because they barely olfactory holding in addition to you lot tin role them safely indoors (even though you'll nonetheless wishing to opened upwards a window). The alone other supplies I needed was a plastic drib stuff (to grab all of the gunk that I scraped off), a plastic scraping tool, some scouring pads, some safe gloves (made for stripping furniture) in addition to some mineral spirits.

I took all of the drawers out of the dresser, poured some Citristrip inwards a metallic bucket (that you lot tin teach for $2 at Home Depot) in addition to simply used a paintbrush to apply the gel to the surface of the drawers in addition to the frame of the dresser.

I allow the gel sit down for almost thirty minutes, in addition to i time I saw it bubble up, I started scraping off the residual alongside my plastic scraper. I was totally amazed at how easily it came off.
It was weirdly cathartic to scrape off layers of gunk.
It easily removed all of the polyurethane and fifty-fifty most of the stain that was heavily applied to this 50 twelvemonth former dresser.

Because this dresser had a bunch of grooves in addition to hard areas, I thus used a scouring pad (and an former toothbrush) to take the ease of the residue.

After that, I wiped the entire dresser downwards alongside mineral spirits (to take whatsoever of the leftover chemicals) in addition to thus lightly sanded the entire thing alongside 320 grit sandpaper.

And that's when I added woods conditioner in addition to thus tried to stain simply the top, but when it wouldn't take, I simply apace stripped it dorsum down. And thus I realized that it wasn't a total loss, every bit raw woods surfaces are ideal for paint. Cup one-half full, ya'll.

So, anyways, every bit I was wandering simply about the pigment subdivision at Home Depot trying to selection a color for the dresser, I came across some novel chalk paint. I've painted tons of article of furniture alongside chalk pigment (including my favorite dresser), but I've ever made my ain alongside plaster of paris (recipe institute here inwards tip #6).

Mostly, because I'm actually inexpensive in addition to simply can't convince myself to pay $50 for the famous sort (although I hear it's fantastic, thus delight don't riot.)

So, when I came across this stuff at Home Depot, I was curious plenty to attempt it out.

And, man child did I ever.

And this is the business office of the story where my take heed tells me to dry out heave alongside embarrassment, but my pump says, 'Onward, girl.'

So, I spent 3 hours epitome the dresser black. It seemed similar a actually peachy sentiment at the time. But, it definitely was not.

It ended upwards looking similar a large chalkboard, in addition to I simply wasn't feeling it for the living room.

So, then, I tried to pigment the dresser using the tan color.

And I moved my workspace out into the actual living room thus that I could conduct maintain a meliorate sentiment of what it would expect similar inwards there.

In all honesty, I sentiment the dresser looked okay inwards this color, but in that place were for sure times of the solar daytime when it looked similar a large regal blob against the living room wall.

I also tried spray epitome the original hardware alongside fossil oil rubbed bronze similar I used here, in addition to it simply made it expect kinda bulky in addition to outdated.

And every bit you lot tin in all likelihood imagine, at this point, I wanted cipher to a greater extent than than to throw a dresser bonfire party. And invite all the people.

But I marched on.

Finally, I decided to attempt i to a greater extent than time. For the win.

Now, I know epitome a slice of article of furniture white isn't just groundbreaking territory, but I looked through a bunch of inspiration pictures in addition to institute quite a few white dressers that left me feeling hopeful.

via Houzz

So, I decided to become for it.
I painted it i to a greater extent than time...white. And thus I waxed it, added some modern hardware, in addition to finally....REJOICE.
Insert tears in addition to delirious laughter.

So, simply actually quickly, here's what I ultimately ended upwards using.

I used i piffling jounce of the white Americana Chalk Paint named 'Everlasting'. (*Update: You tin also discovery it online at Home Depot here.) The best business office almost this stuff is that you lot don't conduct maintain to prime number or strip the article of furniture or fifty-fifty sand it. You tin pigment over anything in addition to it volition adhere similar glue. Obviously, I took a actually weird road that involved stripping a dresser in addition to epitome it several times. But, allow me repeat: All you lot conduct maintain to practise alongside this stuff is pigment it straight off on whatsoever slice of furniture, fifty-fifty if it has a glossy topcoat.

Isn't that fantastic?

You tin also pigment over a slice that's already been painted, in addition to it nonetheless works.

I know. I tested that theory thrice.

And for the finish, I chose to role the Creme Wax. All you lot practise is rub it on alongside a lint-free cloth, allow it dry, thus buff it to the desired shine. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wax complete is really i of my favorites, in addition to it looks thus professional person in addition to smooth. I actually liked the Americana wax, in addition to I'll definitely role it again. Also, i piffling $9 jounce of wax went actually far. I used less than 1/3 of it on the entire dresser. And I was able to pigment the entire dresser alongside i jounce of paint.

For the hardware, I decided to mirror our kitchen cabinet hardware, in addition to it totally kinda tied everything together inwards the master copy living area.

And also, since the dresser was actually former in addition to basically infused alongside the olfactory holding of 1960's cigarettes, I vacuumed out the drawers, in addition to thus painted the interiors in addition to exteriors of each drawers alongside some Kilz primer (to trap the smoke smell) in addition to thus I used our leftover wall pigment to coat the drawers. (You may recollect when I did this a duo years agone alongside green paint.) It ended upwards beingness kinda cute....white on the exterior alongside a piffling popular of grayish off white on the inside.

In summary, at nowadays the dresser feels create new, in addition to I would similar to erase the past times ii weeks from my brain.

And although the jumbotron is nonetheless dorsum inwards the bedchamber (where we've been living), I ventured out into the living room for the initiatory off fourth dimension since February, laid upwards the tiny TV, in addition to door pigment to create some dark in addition to white fine art that I framed over the sink. It's basically a scribble, but it seemed to work, thus yay.

And that, ya'll, is finally all.

I'll live dorsum inwards a calendar week or ii alongside the dining room reveal.

'Til then!

P.S. Thank you lot for making it all the agency through some other long in addition to awkward post.

10 points for beingness a soulsister.

That's all for today! 'Til side past times side time!

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