Saturday, 29 August 2015

Beautiful 1940's dresser with rocker mirror

This dresser is a stunner - it's a 1940's, solid-wood number with gorgeous mill work and a great rocker mirror!  While the original dresser wasn't bad, it needed some love to make it brought back to life.  I chalk-painted this in a very forgiving linen colour and took the top down to bare wood, making sure it was buttery-smooth; but I left peeps of the darker stain in the beveling for extra character.  The gorgeous wood-grain beneath all that varnish was worth the work to expose it!   It has 4 spacious drawers with the original, ornamental fixtures; and the drawer interiors have been chalk-painted a robin's egg blue and sealed so clothing or linens stay fresh.  What a beauty - she'd look great in any bedroom!

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Before:  in great shape, but in need of a facelift:




After - a lovely transformation!

















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