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Makeover Week: Blissfully Stained

Sources:
Knobs: Hobby Lobby | Frames: Bed, Bath and Beyond | Clock: Pottery Barn (affiliate link at no additional cost to you)
Sometimes its a major bummer when a tenant moves out and leaves their furniture… and sometimes its a real blessing when they don’t see a diamond in the rough. I initially wanted to keep this dresser for Drew’s room but once AJ brought it home I realized it wasn’t in as great shape as I remembered.
…but the detailing was fantastic, the drawers worked well and it was a great size!
That’s a pretty sweet duct tape drawer liner, isn’t it? 🙂
After a little (a lot) of TLC I came up with this using a stain over paint technique. Let’s start at the beginning: I loved the color Bliss that Country Chic Paint sent me but didn’t want it to turn out like this popular makeover that I did a couple of years ago… I wanted to take a risk and try out something new.
But first I needed to fill a few holes with my trusty Elmer’s Wood Filler, it’s quick drying and works beautifully.
Country Chic Paints gave me this fabulous antiquing wax that I used and loved here and here… but it wasn’t as dramatic as I was hoping to go with this piece. Once the stain dried I got pretty nervous because the stain was ridiculously dark and created a greenish brownish color instead of teal-ish…
… so I decided to sand the drawer and see if I liked it better. I did… so I did this to the entire piece with Mixwax’s Jacobean:

 
After sanding this is what the finish looked like, I love the textured look the stain gave to the piece!

Here is the finished product!
I got the knobs at Hobby Lobby and made sure to hit their 50% off sale for the large knobs.
The smaller knobs are from Home Depot.
I love the detail work here, I just applied stain over this whole area and did an incredibly light sanding. I found in certain places that had a lot of texture, like this, that if I did too much sanding that I would lose the color that lay below the stain.
There you have it… one of my favorite makeovers I’ve ever done!

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Comments

  1. I love it all! I love the color, the knobs and also the way you styled it. I’m wondering though, if there is a way to fine-tune that wonderful detailing to make it stand out more.

    • I don’t know… I’m not sure how I would do that… this is the first time I tried out this method so I would need to play around a little more… 🙂 What would you do?

  2. great job Jen! Happy Valentine’s Day’s to you too. Enjoy your night, we went out last night for dinner. It was very nice and such a treat to be alone!

  5. Great job, Jen! It looks like it would make a cool buffet in a dining room. Your kids are adorable, too. 🙂

  8. It’s beautiful Jen! So much depth to it…I love it and the detail is enhanced beautifully. Great knobs. Happy Valentine’s Day!

  12. Jen, this is GORGEOUS. Wow. I truly can’t believe you achieved this beautiful finish by yourself. I am happy to have found your blog through this challenge also! I look forward to following you on social media!

    – Tasha @ Designer Trapped In a Lawyer’s Body {www.designertrapepd.com}

  15. wow, just so beautiful! i’m totally going to try this. 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up at Creativity Unleashed Link Party last week. Featuring you tomorrow on the blog and hope to see you back!

  17. Your piece is stunning! I recently refinished a piece with a stain over paint technique, and I’m wondering… Did you stain, THEN wipe, then sand? Or just stain, then sand with no wiping? Also, once I stained my piece, it took FOREVER to dry (past that sticky stage)… Did yours also take forever? And, did you wax or poly to finish? Thanks!