Would Mama Be Happy, or Not?

Lightly sanded the dried stencil when all the drawers were done. Cleaned off all the dust with a damp towel, careful not to wipe away any of the spackling.

Painted the drawers gold, then used a polyurethane topcoat to protect it.

Made some homemade chalk paint out of some left over paints, and painted the drawer fronts and the body of the dresser. Using a chore boy sponge, I carefully rubbed the stencil to remove the turquoise paint and show the gold stencil underneath. This is why it was important to apply a coat of polyurethane over the gold, so I wouldn’t rub it off during this process.

Applied Pearl Glaze, wiping straight across. I did not use a protective coat of poly before doing this, so I did it in small sections quickly. I wanted it to seep down into the grain of that old oak wood.

The drawers were in really bad shape, so I painted the sides, inside and out before sealing the whole chest and drawers with a semi gloss High Performance Top Coat. Cut a piece of cardboard and using spray adhesive, attached fabric to the cardboard form.

This created a liner and stabilized the drawer, as well as dressing up the drawers inside too.

Dressed her up with new hardware knobs and keyholes.

While I was visiting with that sweet lady, she’d told me her mama’s favorite color was turquoise. I’d like to think Mama would be happy with it today, all dressed up.