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Distressed White Dresser Makeover

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If you saw my guest bedroom makeover last week, you may have spotted my new white distressed dresser. Except it isn’t new… it’s actually really old, just with a new coat of paint.

guest bedroom painted dresser wallHere’s what the dresser looked like before in our old house…

old dresser makeover chalk paintAnd here it is now in all of it’s white, chippy goodness.

distressed white chalk paint dresserI actually painted this piece right in the guest bedroom with Belle Craie chalk paint in Dover. I did a dry brush technique where I only get about 1-2 inches of the brush wet with paint. Then I lightly brush the paint over the dresser, using only one direction for the paint strokes. I did two coats with this technique giving it about 1 hour in between coats.

distressed painted white dresserOnce it was fully dried I used both a sanding wedge and fine grit sandpaper to distress.

sand chalk paint white dresserAnd after about 3 hours of work the dresser looks like this…

guest bedroom painted dresser wallYou really can’t go wrong with this dry brush technique which is why I’m a huge fan. I really need to do a better tutorial, but I was trying to get this done before our vacation last month.

distressed white dresser guest bedroom

white chalk paint dresser

distressed chalk paint white dresserI decided to keep the original hardware to save costs. I think it actually goes nicely with the yellow tones in the guest bedroom.

guest bedroom design idea

distressed white dresserAnd now this dresser that we’ve had since the 1980s has new life.

distressed white chalk paint dresser

before and after painted white dresser

Quite the before & after, right?
To see the full guest bedroom makeover, click here.

distressed dresser makeover

 

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  1. Wendie says

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    Great job. Was that dresser from the Ethan Allen Antique Pine collection?

    • howtonestforless says

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      I’m not quite sure… I’ll have to check! It was Ben’s from when he was a little boy. It’s held up wonderfully over the years!

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