Stormy Sky Chest of Drawers

(Before)

Talk about a plain and ugly dresser!  This baby was THAT!  It had gross stuff that appeared to have been spattered on it, like a coffee-colored syrup or something. GROSS!  This dresser was painted a strange light green color from the '60s as well!  I had gotten it from the same estate sale as this end table.

 (There was a brown paint under the green)

(The rusty original legs)

(Used wood filler to fix some damage on the top)

I started by removing the hardware and stripping off the paint.  What I found under the paint was intriguing.  I actually loved it stripped bare!  It gave me an industrial vibe and I knew it would be super cool if I just applied some stain and poly!  I have no idea where the black tones came from but I loved that burnt wood feel it was giving me!  If I had had anything in my house to compliment it, I would have left it this way and worked it in somewhere, but that isn't my theme.  I felt like it would make a great TV console under a wall-mounted flat screen!  I can just really appreciate unique pieces.  THIS TIME, however, I was not going to create a whole room around a single piece that nabbed my heart. So chalk paint it I did!

(I feel this would've looked GREAT with some stain and poly at this stage!)

 

Would you have stopped here with just a stain and poly coat?

Anyway, my daughter's room was shabby chic gray tones but she was getting tired of the shabby cuteness vibe and wanting something a little more edgy, so I went with a stormy sky vibe accented with angel wing drawer knobs to match angel wing wall decoration she had from Hobby Lobby made of rusty-accented silver and black steel angel wings. She needed a dresser so as much as I wanted to TV console this, I didn't.

(Still a work in progress)

I used all Annie Sloan paints and custom mixed a light blue color with a Pure White and Aubusson blue that came out to a lovely sky blue color.  I used Paris Gray, worked in some of the Pure White and even some Graphite that I also custom mixed with Pure White here and there.  I also chose to spray water on the piece as the paint dried to get a rainy, drippy look.  It .is called a Stormy Sky dresser!    I also used black wax to ombre/darken around the edges of the top of the dresser and used some Annie Sloan silver gilding wax as well.  I love that stuff and can't wait to use it more!

Finished!  What do you think?  It changes color in different lighting!

 (silver gilding wax)

 (the side)

 (black wax and silver wax visible here)