Recently we had a snowy weekend and all our activities had
been canceled. So what does this girl do
when she doesn't have any place to be?
Find something to paint! This
beauty had been sitting in my garage for awhile.
I had picked up a few bottles of the
Americana Decor chalky finish paint a few weeks ago in the hopes of doing
something different. Okay, truth be told, I watched a bunch of YouTube videos on using chalk paint and the Americana line was the cheapest and easiest to get.
I decided I was going to use
the dresser in my kitchen to replace my sad baker’s rack that was being held
together by a few screws. Not real sure
what happened to the rest of the screws but whatev. It’s been around for awhile.
Now this beauty was nicely tucked away against the wall in my garage with a towel over it to protect it from the man and kids setting random stuff on it. I pulled it out and noticed there were some mouse droppings on the towel. Ewwww! We thought we had a little creature in our basement but we weren't for sure. Our suspicions had been confirmed when I followed the droppings from the dresser down to the floor and along the wall and into a gap between the concrete and the drywall. Then I found a bag of grass seed on a shelf that had been busted open with seeds and droppings all around. Sneaky little thing was livin large! We quickly shut that down and served him an eviction notice.
After all that excitement I took a nap I got started on the chalk paint makeover. I used Delicate as my base (it's a yellow) and Rouge as the top coat. I did not sand before the base coat but I did do a light sanding after the base coat and the top coat. The yellow and the wood come through in different areas and it is just beautiful. I left the top as is and reused the original knobs. She now has an old farmhouse feel to her. She's perfect!
That's an old milk crate that now holds my wine bottles!
Don't you just want a glass of wine after all that!
