Pinterest is fabulous. I've learned so much from little tabs stuck on the computer screen over the last three years. Admittedly, I have also made a lot of messes. Still, undeterred by the massive amounts of mistakes made, I still try to get out there and do something fabulous I saw! It took me a good three months...because I procrastinate...to get this project done, but it should only have taken a day and mostly so the paint could dry. That's how I roll....turning one simple thing into a long drawn out process as I sit and think if this is really the color blue I meant to get? OH HECK LET'S JUST USE IT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS!!!
Don't do that.
Match your color at the dang store.
For realz, the paint cost me more than the dresser 'cause I kept going back and repainting...re sanding...bah bah bah.
Still, lesson learned and so now I shall proceed to offer some very sage advice!
You need a piece...like this one here --->
1. Pick a color....stick with said color....after you are ABSOLUTELY sure...it is the color you want.
2. Stick with the color.
3. Take all that fabulous hardware off and set it aside for later! (P.S. Pick a color for them too..preferably in spray paint form...it makes it so much easier)
4. Wipe all your surfaces down...there was a lot of dust on the dresser. While I was tempted to cut out the center top drawers to slip in a cable box, I didn't. I don't have cable, it is the evil that sucks the life and money from my family. Heh. 'Sides, that's good drawer space there for me to shove things when people come over to visit!
5. Sand. Lightly...depending on the piece. I'm going to be honest here....I didn't sand it besides the spots where the hardware was. It had collected some odd bumps from previous paint. Technically I spot sanded it and used primer on the rest of the dresser.
6. Let the primer sit...for a whole day. This is what takes up all the time, if you are a normal person. For me this is the point I began to doubt my paint color choice....so I let it sit there for three weeks while I pondered it. -sighs- Don't do that....stuff gets on the primer and then you have to rewipe.
7. Using your small brush (I prefer those sponge ones because the bristles don't fall into my work) to get all the edges, nooks, and crannies.
8. Grab you a roller...and get to rolling. I finally settled on a semi-gloss that I matched to my rug....it took me three tries before I got smart and took a pic of the rug and matched it at Home Depot. Yes...I painted it twice in this dark royal blue chalk paint before I got what I wanted.
Don't be me!
9. While that dries...get your hardware out and set it all out on some pretty paper you don't want anymore...get to spraying. WAIT...check the hardware...depending on how it looks, you may need to sand it some. Luckily, mine had paint all over it already so I just scratched it up some and tada...silver hardware. I used a silver coat from Michaels!
All in all....I am in love with how it turned out, even if I wasn't happy with it along the way a few times! I think I might can get into this whole furniture restore/repaint thing!!
