Remember my GoodWill find I scored a few weeks ago?
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My inspiration:
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Via: Restoration Hardware
Well here she is all "Restoration-Hardware-ified" (thats a word right?)
Let me 1st just say WOW-this was for sure a labor of love. I used two different strippers.
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Then sanded, then sanded again, oh wait-then sanded again. All those curve & grooves were painful. And Im sure there is some cool state of the art tool out there to help but I resorted to q-tips and one of my kids sand box toys!
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After all the sanding-I applied a wash of Annie Sloans chalk paint in Old White. I mixed one part paint and 1 part water.After the wash dried I applied a gray stain & wiped it down.Here is one of the drawers with just the wash (on theleft) and here it is with the stain applied on top (right).
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Here it is in her new spot in the dining room (I have no clue why I refer to my furniture in the female-tense).
Linking to: Thrifty Decor Chic Miss Mustard SeedSouthern HospitalityDecor Chick