Salvaging the decorative painting on a dated chest of drawers

 My neighbor gave me this little chest of drawers……….

 Dang, someone did a lot of work here!

All this decorative painting…….

but I can't take those flowers~

 And check out the faux marbre top.

Whoowhee…that is ugly.

 I decided to try to save some of the painting……

I love harlequins,

so I came up with a cool idea:

I used a stencil and turned each flower into a black fleur-de-lis.

 See?

Works like a charm.

 Then I painted the knobs and outlined each drawer in the same black.

 And I painted the top in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Versailles.

 So much better……..

I waxed and did a little distress sanding,

and then I added this little wood detail to the top back.

I lined all the drawers with this cheetah print wallpaper...

And there you have it.

It's resting now in my Greenwood Antiques booth.

For sale, $165.

SheShe, The Home Magician

Sheila Fox

sheilafox@aol.com

804-402-4370