Oh, Life Can be a Carnival! Colorful "Carnival" Furniture Painting!

Yesterday I blogged about redoing this space...

I had this basic little flat chest of drawers left over...

which I painted years ago,

but I decided it needed some new energy!

So last night, 

I removed the knobs, cleaned the piece,

and pulled out my paints!!!!!!!

Each drawer got a different color.

Fuscia, orange, lime, yellow, forest green, 

periwinkle, turquoise, navy & red.

I painted the base cabinet in

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris Grey.  

Then I dry brushed the Paris Grey 

over the drawer fronts as well.

This morning, 

 I moved everything outside for the messy part:

Staining..

After distress sanding, 

I just started adding stains.......

First I used a weathered grey wood stain, 

which I rubbed in.

 Over that, 

I dry brushed some darker Jacobean stain - 

very lightly - to simulate woodgrain.

I just continued layering the stains until I liked the patina

I had built.

(Then I went inside and drank about a gallon of water.

It is T H I C K out here today!)

I went to my hardware stash and found nine of these

old bronze ring pulls.

I think they are just perfect~

Now, I have to decide which of these two

pastels to put with it in my booth display.

This one....(A)

or this one? (B)

Which is your favorite?

Here's a closer shot of the top....

My last step was cutting out shelf paper to line the drawers.

 

It's all in the details, folks...

It's loaded up in the car...

I think it's name will be "Happy-Go-Round."

That's my story, anyway.

For sale: $168

at

Vignettes on Westhampton

Have a piece that needs a new look?

Let me take a whack at it!

SheShe, The Home Magician

Sheila Fox

sheilafox@aol.com

804-402-4370