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We’re back with another Monthly DIY Challenge. This month’s featured challenge item: FAT Paint!
I buy and sell a lot of used furniture, but every once in a while I find a piece that I just can’t bear to part with. This dresser is one of those pieces.
You might be able to see in the picture below that it had a ton of minor damage. Knicks and scratches all over it, some of them quite deep. I filled the deep ones and sanded the smaller ones out. There was originally a mirror attached as well. But overall the piece was in really great shape. The coolest thing about it though was the surprise hiding inside.
The very bottom of the dresser is solid, but there’s a split in the wood. We bought it at a thrift store, and as we set it down in my living room the key to the lock on the top drawer dropped out of that opening underneath and onto the carpet. I’ve picked up several pieces with locking drawers, but never have I found an original key still with the piece. Pretty cool, huh? I kept imagining how many times it must have been moved before it landed in my living room and can’t believe the key didn’t fall out before then.
I had a feeling this piece was going to bleed, and unfortunately, I was really, really right. I gave a couple coats of Zinsser 123 and the dresser basically laughed in my face and bled right through it. Several coats of Zinsser Bulls Eye Shellac finally did the trick.
The dresser was painted with two different colors of FAT Paint: Warm White on the drawers and Gull Grey on the frame. I really love the color combination and think they compliment each other nicely.
I wasn’t going to distress it at first, but I was smoothing out the last layer of paint before sealing it and decided to give the sander free reign for a bit. The FAT Paint Company Clear Top Coat was used to seal the entire piece. I kept the original hardware because I thought it was gorgeous.
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It’s absolutely gorgeous! The white and grey pair so perfectly together and how neat that you found that original key!
Thanks, Kristi! I’m loving the color combo too.
Amy, love this dresser, it has so much character. Love you used the lovely two shades of grey on this piece. What a great surprise finding the original key as well. I so look forward to your posts.
Thanks so much, Donna! I think it has a ton of character too. It’s exactly what I wanted for my bedroom.
This is just gorgeous! And to find the original key!! Brilliant!! I’d love to see a pic of the key!!
I don’t know why I didn’t think to add a photo of the key! I had to put it up because my 4 year old kept taking it and I was afraid he’d lose it :). I’ll take one and update the post later this afternoon.
Beautiful paint job and color combination!
Thank you so much, Carol! xo
What a pretty piece! Love the colors you chose!!!
Thanks, Nicole!
What a pretty and classy piece! Love this color combo and the perfect amount of distressing. And how cool that the original key was still hiding in the dresser! Too funny!
Thanks, Erica! And I agree about the key! I couldn’t believe it when it dropped out.
You did it again! Your makeovers are always so on point! And great tip about the shellac primer. I’ve had a few things bleed through no matter what – so next time I will try that.
Beautiful job! The combination of white and gray looks so good paired with the original hardware. I’m partial to pieces with wheels, so of course I’m loving this piece 🙂
Such a pretty piece now!!
Thanks Leigh Anne. ❤️
I’m so in love with this piece! The colors indeed compliment each other beautifully, and I love the original hardware!
What a beautiful dresser, Amy! I dont think I could sell it either! Love the colors you chose!