I bought this chest of drawers resale for my client Amanda's master bedroom to serve as a nightstand. It is Ethan Allen from the Baumritter line, which was made in Vermont. My grandparent's had a bookcase wall of this line of cabinet that I think dates back to the 1960's. The cabinet was in good shape, but it actually had a ton of scratches that you can't see in the picture above.
I prefer to paint furniture with oil (alkyd) paint, as it gives a more even and harder finish once completely dried. Usually, I go with a higher end brand paint, however recently Home Depot started carrying this line of oil paints by Rustoleum. I don't usually do a glossy finish, but decided to try my hand at the lacquered look.
The cost of this quart of Rustoleum was about a third of what an alkyd paint quart costs from Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore. There is not a wide color selection and they can not mix colors for you in the store, but for this chest, the smoke gray seemed the perfect choice.
I used a 4" smooth foam roller to apply, and between coats ran a 320 grit fine sanding block over the piece. The paint was a tiny bit thinner than what I am used to with oils, but after 5 coats I was please with the finish.
We changed the pulls to this cup pull, and added glass knobs from anthropologie.
christie, that's the same exact dresser i have in my bedroom one side of my bed (the other side is a coordinating cabinet), but they are currently painted white with wood top. they are waiting to get painted that grayish-green that's on my walls. did you happen to recognize them as the same thing i have?
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Hi Hilary,
ReplyDeleteI did not recognize this piece as the same as yours, but I remember them now. The top of this piece is wood, unlike yours. I still think you could paint it, you'd just need to prime the top really well with XIM
Christie, what an inspirational project. Your transformation is so cool. Great work and than you so much for using Rust-Oleum.
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