Gray Hand Painted Highboy

You know how sometimes you have to get shiz done? That was last week. I worked on a big project, weekend before last, then I finished up some custom work for some clients, then I had a couple of interior design appointments and then this past weekend my parents came into town last minute. So. I’ve been getting shiz done. 🙂

 

But today I have a beautiful furniture transformation for you! I finished this one awhile ago, and you may have seen sneaks of her a while back in pics of VMD, but this one ended up coming home with me (and is in my Etsy store), so I figured it was time to show you all the beautiful details.

Who wouldn’t love a tall pretty gray dresser with hand-painted details?

Actually, I’m sure there are a lot of people out there would gasp in horror at what I did to this “antique hepplewhite”! I found out the hard way after being asked to submit a project to Hometalk, and discovered all the negative backlash! haha! People get their panties in a bunch over the dumbest things!

Here is the before, I found it in a thrift store for pretty cheap and the top was pretty damaged. It is not a true hepplewhite and the drawer interiors were not solid mahogany. The dresser was actually pretty light-weight for this style, which made it nice for carrying back and forth, to and fro, blah blah blah.

It has 4 total drawers. Those bottom 2 drawers actually look like 4 separate ones, but they are not! Some of the drawer insides were pretty stained, so I lined them with a gray and yellow pretty pattern fabric.

The hand-painted edges are really what make this pieces special though…

I was tempted to paint the hardware because I was afraid it might detract from the pretty details I was painting, but in the end, I was glad I left it as is.

This type of stroke is pretty dang easy, and this week I’ve been working on video tutorials for a bunch of stuff I’ve been putting off, and hand-painting is one of them! So probably next week, I’ll have the video for hand-painting finished for ya’ll!

 

I painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris Gray with Old white details and clear wax top coat. I also distressed this one a little more along the edges and legs.  I felt it needed it, since it was older and not in perfect shape to begin with… I didn’t want to make it look brand new again. I wanted to show-case the age, but still give it a little something extra special with the painted drawer edges.

 

 For the longest time I couldn’t figure out a staging option I really loved. Then last week I went all out for a Thanksgiving tablescape (that I will be sharing next week) and bought a bunch of pumpkins and eucalyptus. So, with what was left over, I arranged on top of this highboy and starting snapping pics.

I LOVE this little vignette. 

That seeded eucalyptus though…. it has my heart! I want it all over my house!

 

      Green and gray is such a classic combo, don’t you agree?

Happy Tuesday Friends!