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Rustic Farmhouse Painted Dresser Makeover

in Furniture Makeover on 01/26/18

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Rustic Farmhouse Painted Dresser Makeover

We found this small dresser at a local thrift shop. We had been searching for an end table replacement in our living room to organize our clutter. This piece was the perfect candidate for a painted furniture makeover and we knew we wanted to give it a rustic farmhouse look.

Rustic Farmhouse Dresser Before

When Mike first sent me a picture of this dresser I wasn’t too sure about it. It looked almost Asian style to me and I wasn’t sure how we would pull it off. But the price was right and Mike said the piece was sturdy. He has a great eye for seeing the end result, which I sometimes struggle with.

We had just redone a different end table with a knockoff Restoration Hardware finish and we both were digging the end result. We decided to practice this technique some more on this piece. It’s basically paint layered with glaze to give the finish more depth. This time we switched the order of the glaze and put on the dark first, then finished it with the light.

Click through to see the supplies we used.

3M Final Stripping Pads

60 Grit Sandpaper

Paintbrush

General Finishes Paint in Driftwood

Valspar Limewash Glaze

Valspar Antiquing Glaze

Floetrol

Foam Brush

Minwax Polycrylic in Matte

Rust-Oleum Universal All Surface Spray Paint in Oil Rubbed Metallic Bronze

 

To start out Mike lightly sanded the wood down to rough up the surface and wiped it clean. Next he painted the whole piece with two coats of General Finishes in Driftwood with an angled brush. Once it was dry he lightly sanded the piece with 220 grit sandpaper to smooth it out.

Next he took Valspar Antiquing Glaze and mixed 1:5 with Floetrol. He applied it lightly with a foam brush, smoothing out the finish as he went.

After that dried he went over the piece with Valspar Limewax Glaze mixed 2:1 with Floetrol to give it more depth.
Once dried he went over the piece with two coats of Minwax Matte Polyacrylic with a foam brush to protect it.

To finish it off he took the original handles and spray painted them with Rust-Oleum Universal All Surface Spray Paint in Oil Rubbed Metallic Bronze.The shape of these handles resembled a farmhouse style bin pull so we didn’t have to replace them. I actually wasn’t sure how they would turn out but they fit the piece perfectly.

 

Rustic Farmhouse Painted Dresser

I’m actually blown away at how great this piece turned out since I was so skeptical in the beginning. Changing up the hardware makes such a difference. Even though we used the original pulls, the contrasting color really helps the piece to feel modern now. Our clutter can now be hidden away and our living room has never looked tidier.

 

Rustic Farmhouse Dresser from the side

Rustic Farmhouse Dresser Handles

 

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Rustic Farmhouse Painted Dresser Makeover

Farmhouse dresser before and after

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