Ready for Chirstmas!

I just wanted to say thanks for all the comments.  I can't figure out how to reply to individual comments or even leave a comment on my own post!!  I am very new to this blogging stuff - I will figure it out at some point.  :)



This is the second paint job for this dresser.  You can see the original here.  I submitted it to Shauna at Perfectly Imperfect.  I loved her ideas, especially one of the last pictures but couldn't get it to look like the finish in the picture.

  So I changed the dresser from this:

to this:

and here are a bunch more pictures :)

I just love the rusticness (is that a word?) of it, it reminds me of the barns I see when we drive to Kentucky.   I first had Annie Sloan's watered down Old White on the dresser so I put Annie Sloan's dark wax over that to make the now brown color on the dresser.  Stupidly I threw away the red sample paint I used and now I don't know the name.   It was one of the little Behr samples at Home Depot - it was a brighter red.  Anyway I mixed all of that with the same amount of  Martha Stewart's Claret then poured a little more Claret in until I liked the color. It looked a little pinkish when I put it on and I thought oh no what have I done!  It started to look better as it dried.   I then wiped dark walnut stain over the red. The top is also dark walnut stain.  Sorry I wasn't more help with the color.  If I think of it I will add it to the post.

Linking to : http://www.fingerprintsonthefridge.com/2011/11/feature-yourself-friday_11.html

http://missmustardseed.com/2011/11/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-a-link-party/

http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2011/11/feathered-nest-friday_10.html

http://www.domestically-speaking.com/2011/11/100th-power-of-paint-party.html

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