Monday, October 12, 2015

Chippy Milk painted Dresser


While perusing Craigslist the other day I found a great vintage dresser and snatched it up. 
Before:
The lady I bought the dresser from said that it was hand made and I loved the details.  When I find an old piece like this dresser I like to paint it in milk paint.  I had a few bags of Miss Mustard Seed milk paints that only had a little bit of powder left and I decided to mix them together to get a new color.  I had Flow Blue, Ironstone and a bit of Lucketts Green.  I knew together they would make a great aqua and I was not disappointed!  
After mixing up the MMS milk paint, I painted the dresser with 2 coats and let the chipping happen.  I wanted to sort of copy the original hand painted design on the middle drawer so I painted my own design with white chalk paint.  I scraped the dresser with a sparkle knife and the flakes came off.  The last step was to seal the dresser with Tung oil.  
My lopsided hand-painted design! 

Gorgeous Hardware

I love the legs! 


One of the pulls was missing the back plate, so I improvised and took the top back plates off and hand-painted a design instead. 






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39 comments:

  1. At Rivercrest CottageOctober 12, 2015 at 9:19 AM

    another lovely dresser. Your painting is always so perfect for the piece of furniture. love it.

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    1. DD's CottageOctober 12, 2015 at 11:07 AM

      Thank you Sugar-It might sound crazy but I let a piece of furniture tell me how it should look and then I go for it! I look at a piece and then the picture of how it should be pops into my head.

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  2. Kim @ Savvy Southern StyleOctober 12, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    Great color by mixing what you had and great chipping.

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  3. MarigeneOctober 12, 2015 at 1:14 PM

    Gorgeous shade of blue...wish I could do the fabulous chippy part like you do!

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:52 AM

      Thank you Marigene-I know how much you love a good green!

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  4. Deb @ Frugal Little BungalowOctober 12, 2015 at 1:18 PM

    You always do such lovely work! :) That little girl is lucky ! : )

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  5. UnknownOctober 12, 2015 at 1:55 PM

    Love the aqua color!! Beautiful job.

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:53 AM

      Thank you Sally- it is a really pretty aqua in person too!

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  6. JunkchiccottageOctober 12, 2015 at 3:45 PM

    Beautiful Darrielle. Another gorgeous re love. This color is fabulous.
    Kris

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  7. DianaOctober 12, 2015 at 7:37 PM

    Just beautiful, Darrielle. I'd love it if you would link it up to our new link party--Vintage Charm--taking place this Thursday, October 15th.

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  8. Rose LOctober 12, 2015 at 8:58 PM

    That is my color! I know the girl who received it will love it.

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:54 AM

      Thank you Rose-she did love it and it is filled with her clothes!

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  9. Marie-Interior FrugalistaOctober 13, 2015 at 4:41 AM

    Wow that's awesome that this pretty dresser sold so quickly Darrielle. I love the custom milk paint color - so pretty.

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  10. Robin JohnsonOctober 13, 2015 at 8:05 AM

    What a transformation I love the color you used, it's gorgeous!

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:55 AM

      Thank you Robin-the dresser is so much nicer now !

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  11. UnknownOctober 13, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    Love that color! And perfect chippy-ness. I've actually been looking at a similar dresser on CL and debating whether or not I want to get it ... now I can see that I definitely should!

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  12. BenitaOctober 13, 2015 at 11:08 AM

    I can see why it sold so quickly! I love the chippy paint and that color is so beautiful! LOVE it!!

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  13. UnknownOctober 13, 2015 at 8:30 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous! Not surprised it sold in a day!

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:57 AM

      Thank you-it was nice to have it leave my workshop so I could get a new piece!

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  14. Butterfly 8)(8 Bungalow October 13, 2015 at 10:10 PM

    Very pretty. xoxo Su

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:57 AM

      Thank you Sue-I think it is very pretty now too!

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  15. mc33@goodandhealed.comOctober 14, 2015 at 7:03 AM

    Beautiful piece! I love the color and chippy distressing. Your work is amazing. :)

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:57 AM

      Thank you Mar-it was nice that the dresser chipped so prettily!

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  16. Betsy@My Salvaged TreasuresOctober 14, 2015 at 10:28 AM

    It's beautiful, and the custom color you created is perfect. Chippy LOVE. Thanks for sharing your painted dresser with Vintage Inspiration Party.

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:58 AM

      Thank you Betsy-It was fun to make a custom color!

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  17. AnonymousOctober 16, 2015 at 6:40 AM

    Ohhhh! I love the color and chippiness-you did a great job!

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:58 AM

      Thank you -the color and choppiness go well together!

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  18. Mrs. COctober 22, 2015 at 10:08 AM

    What a beautiful transformation! That color is so cheery, I love it:)

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    1. DD's CottageNovember 2, 2015 at 5:58 AM

      Thank you -I agree it is a very cheerful color!

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  19. AnonymousOctober 28, 2015 at 12:33 PM

    Due to the awesomeness of this piece and the beautiful color.... I will be featuring it a Making Broken Beautiful this week!
    Well done!
    Smiles!
    Terry

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  20. Debra HowardNovember 2, 2015 at 7:49 PM

    Very pretty! I have tried projects like this but every time it comes time to do the chippy part I chicken out...lol...I love the look but just better when someone else does it :0)

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