Retro Dresser Turned Mint Green

Last week was spent working on a dresser for my mom {read about that here}. During the week I had fun painting anything that got in the way. The dresser, my entry stand, a little step ladder, a wooden serving tray, and my jewelry box are now mint green :)

This one was what I like to call a retro number.

It had chunks of wood missing form the drawers but otherwise was in good condition.  A couple of wood filler applications fixed that problem.

I used my electric sander to lightly sand the entire dresser and then I applied two coats of my homemade chalk paint.

The color is something I came up with mixing my teal and white paints I had laying around. I just love chalk paint! I make mine pretty thick.

I used my sander to distress the edges and am happy with how it turned out.

So far I’ve only used Minwax Poly on my projects. I was looking into using a wax on this but read that it wouldn’t apply very well to a flat paint. Makes sense.

Oh and I also learned a dollar saving lesson while working on this dresser. When applying a sealant, it’s cheaper to buy the $.69 sponge brushes and discard them after each use then it is to buy a $12 paintbrush and $8 paint thinner :)

I really started to become attached to this dresser. It was hard giving it back!!

You can find this project at these link parties.