Throw-Away Chest Get's a Chinese Red Treatment

 Here's another piece that showed up on my sidewalk

this weekend... 

courtesy of Molly Buford!

It was an old family piece, 

and a relative wanted to just throw it out.

Molly said, NO!!!!

I'll take it to Sheila!

God Bless her!

A short old oak chest....

 With a few issues, 

but so what!

 I slapped on some wood putty where the top had veneer problems, 

and then sanded it smooth.

 I decided on Annie Sloan's Chalkpaint in EMPEROR'S SILK....

a nice, rich chinese red.

 The beauty of this paint...........

is that NO prepwork is necessary!

 You just wipe it off a bit, and start painting...

 Here it is with two coats...

 And here it is after I distress sanded, 

and added waxes: 

First clear and then dark.

See all the crusty little edges?

I'm calling her "Molly B."

Isn't she sassy?