Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Lovely "Duck Egg Blue" and Lace Dresser

Hello everyone! I have really been missing visiting with all of you and hope you are all well.

I'm not doing as many furniture pieces as I once was since I closed my booth at Kings Antiques in Shreveport, but I still do an occasional piece and sell it on-line.

This dresser I've had for a long time and it was much too plain for my taste. Yes, it is an antique ca. 1910, and yes, I painted it. 

It had some veneer damage and I decided not to restore it because, to be honest, it just wouldn't sell.

I hope you like it. I certainly had fun painting it.


I'm sorry for the quality of the pictures as I accidentally left my good camera out in the rain and had to take these with my I-Pad.








Here is the before picture. Quite a difference huh. :-)





The mirror tilts but was very plain so I added some wood appliques.




I painted it in Annie Sloan's " Duck Egg Blue" then added the lace with an off white.

On the top, just for fun, I added a period image of a lovely lady from my vintage, image collection.




The drawers are painted with "Antoinette Pink" for a nice surprise. And the top two have a crown image.





As you probably noticed the top two drawers have small, cut crystal-like pulls and the bottom two drawers have large, porcelain, white floral pulls. 



To finish the dresser I distressed it and then gave it a tea stain using a light colored stain, and lastly two coats of wax.

Its has been so good to visit with all my bloggy friends. I hope you like this piece and I hope you are having a wonderful summer.

Please keep in touch.


Hugs,



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8 comments:

Mari said...

It sure turn out beautiful, I love to dress up a piece of furniture using appliques!

Smiles~
Mari

td said...

So glad to read your post. I miss them. CTD

Victoria's Vintage Designs said...

It's lovely Peggy ~ nice work!
Hope you are doing well!
Take care! Vicki

Jenn Holste said...

What did you use for the lace part on the front - stencil?

It's gorgeous!

Biljana said...

Absolutely beautiful, great job Peggy :)

avisiontoremember said...

Love it! It turned out great! Thanks for stopping by the Creative Exchange Link Party and linking up! Make sure to stop by on Thursday for another installment :) Thanks again!

Unknown said...

Thank you so much for hosting! Beautiful room as always! Thank you for sharing!
interior-decoration

Sooner Laura said...

The lace pattern is so gorgeous and I love the pink inside the drawers and the little crowns. Truly one of a kind!

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