If you have a vintage dresser or piece of furniture, you might have thought about painting it but was nervous about producing a final result that would be both beautiful and durable. Today I’ll be sharing my best tips to ensure you have a great finished product by prepping correctly and using the right tools and methods to paint a vintage dresser.
If you haven’t seen the previous posts about this dresser, you might be interested in catching up here:
What to Look for In a Vintage Dresser
How to Repair a Wood Drawer Slide on a Vintage Dresser
Repairing Bubbled or Chipped Veneer Before Painting a Dresser
In this video I will take you through the steps of cleaning and lightly sanding the dresser to give it some “tooth” for the paint to adhere to, what qualities I look for in paint I use for furniture, painting techniques to get smooth even coats, and how to apply top coat with a brush for durable finish.
Here is a closer look at the topcoat I used (and the brush):
The paint I used was Behr Marquee Interior Eggshell Acrylic Latex Paint color matched to Farrow and Ball Hague Blue.
The color is quite dark in most lights, and I love the moodiness of this picture in the afternoon light.
I listed this piece on Facebook Marketplace for too good of a deal apparently because it was sold in a few hours and even had one person harass me to give her the contact info of the person who bought it (I didn’t). haha!
Painting furniture has waned in popularity, but I still think it can be a great way to freshen up an older piece that has cosmetic damage to give it a new life. A way to keep it fresh and modern is to give it a bold, dark color, which is why I chose this deep blue.
This is a beautiful color. Is the paint you used a laytex paint? You did a great job.
Yes I included the paint details in both the post and the video. Its acrylic latex.
Love this vintage dresser!
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This will be a great tips for me to paint my own vintage dresser. I agree to your point on it.
Beautiful work! What color did you paint the hardware?
They are original.
This dresser is beautiful. The video is really helpful, and I’m going to try your brush technique (the circles). Without priming first, and relying on the primer in the paint, do you find it wears ok? I’m always wary of chips.
Also, at one point in the video I thought you held up the paint container (not the coloured lid) to the camera, was I imagining that, or did the video change? I was looking to see exactly which of the Behr samples you’d used.
I found an old dresser on the side of the road. It has wooden rollers on the drawers. It’s in good condition. I think it’s from the 1800’s.
I’m not sure what I want to do with it yet, but I do like the Blue you did.