Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I did it. Painted my dark cherry finish bedroom set. Dresser REVEAL!

Good grief.  WHY do we agonize over touching these things with paint so much?!!!  I just KNEW I'd love it painted!  My hubby bought this four piece set right before we were married brand new.  I was so in love with it.  Then.  I've debated over the last few years as to sell it, paint it, live with it....  How about a before?  Of course, get on with it, Kammy!
Behold the before Before.
I thought I had found the perfect solution a couple years ago when I bought all knew hardware for cheap off Ebay and replaced the brassy ones.  In fact, that was my VERY FIRST BLOG POST!  Wow, Kammy's Korner had come a long way, Baby!  I'm embarrassed to even put a link to it!
It wasn't real noticeable at a glance, but it bugged me a little how you could still see the outlines from the old hardware.
This is a very large undertaking for three days, let me tell you.  But with my mom armed and at my side (when she's not falling down the stairs, etc.) we are almost unstoppable.  While I painted furniture, she painted walls.
I dumped a big heap of Plaster of Paris  into my ultra white Valspar paint. - OOPS! That's not plaster of paris I bought! It's WEBPATCH 90!!   Baby did that stuff get THICK.  But it's so much more durable and I like the look of it when distressed.  I think I'm on to something!  Use Webpatch 90 for AWESOME chalk paint!!
It dried harder than I thought it would and sanding the edges for distressing took some muscle!  And yup, I just perched right there on top of my dresser!
My mom kept asking me if I was "sure" I wanted to distress.  I did one side just to show her the difference.  She decided it was a good plan after all. :)
My mom is a firm believer in poly.  Pretty sure she gave this baby about 5 coats.  Mom, you're awesome.  I hate that job.  
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Stay tuned for more of the bedroom reveal!!  Now, I think I'll head up the wooden hill (that's what my hubby calls the stairs, I have NO idea why because they are carpeted) and cozy up in my "new" room for some good dreamin'.  Adios, Kammy's Korner readers!!
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35 comments:

  1. Kammy Wow! Beautiful.
    Sweet dreams!
    Tami

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  2. My Hubby calls them the wooded hill as well! Cute redo by the way! Maybe I should do that with mine!

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  3. Beautiful!!! I've been debating the same thing with almost that exact dresser!! I was thinking black tho....I'll be seeing you at the shower and we can chat:)

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  4. Beautiful Kammy - Great job. What a difference paint makes & the distressing is fabulous!

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  5. You guys did an awesome job! It looks gorgeous!

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  6. really does look alot better... and love distressed too. send your mom over to my house... got some projects for her! :)

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  7. That looks great! I had the same debate last year about painting the bedroom set I inherited after my Mom's death. I okay-ed it with my sister, the most sensitive member of the family, and went for it. It looks sooo much better. It feels good after all that agony, right?!! Great job!

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  8. Looks great the white looks so much better! Great photos too!

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  9. Soooooo much better, yay!!! Nothing beats bright furniture!

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  10. Another great makeover! Love the distressing and you guys make a great team. Love the 'wooden hill' part.

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  11. This looks awesome!!! It looks like it lost 100 pounds :) Love it both painted and distressed!

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  12. Love it Kam! What a change that makes to your bedroom - so much lighter and just more fresh feeling, yay! :) And yes, I will be stopping by my next time thru your lil village to check it out!

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  13. It looks amazing! It completely changes the feel of it!

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  14. The white paint looks awesome! It looks so elegant.

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  15. Great job! Found you on Taters and jello!

    Amber
    recipeswelove.net

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  16. Great job - so pretty :o)
    I would love if you came by my party happening now to link it up!
    Stacey Of Embracing Change
    http://staceyembracingchange.blogspot.com/2012/04/creative-inspirations-linky-party-11.html

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  17. love it but why did you add the plaster? just curious because I'm about to paint our furniture!

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    1. Home made chalk paint! Works great. Nice job Kammy! I love the new look.

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  18. It looks great! I am having the same debate about my bedroom furniture. I hesitate to put paint on the wood because it's in such good condition - but I don't like it the way it is! You've inspired me. Thanks. :)

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  19. so pretty, kammy! the new hardware looks perfect! so much softer.

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  20. Wow! I can't get over how much better these pieces look painted white, Kammy! Love the distressing. If your Mom is free, I have some side tables in the guestroom I'll be doing shortly ~ I'm going to need to poly those babies! : )

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  21. So pretty! Thanks for sharing.....might need to do that too :)
    Torri

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  22. So pretty, Kammy! What a beautiful change. It's always such a hard decision to make but the new look is amazing! Great job!

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  23. Kammy, your dresser turned out beautifully! I love that you made your own chalk paint. Great job!!

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  24. I hate to poly too!!! Beautiful transformation!

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  25. You did an amazing job its a gorgeous ......thanks for sharing.
    Hotel furniture

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  26. This is awesome !! My furniture looks almost identical to your before picture . I have been wanting to paint it for several years. Thanks for the inspiration !!

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  27. I'm almost 4 years late but I think I want to do this with my cherry wood bedroom furniture. It looks great!

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  28. Great job! Did you prep the furniture in any way?

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  29. Great Job! Did you prep the furniture in any way? I'm threatening to do the same thing to my bedroom ;-)

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    1. Nope! Didn't have to using the chalk paint! It's been several years now and the paint has held up perfectly (except for my dresser that got royally banged up during our move!). Just did a couple coats of thick home made chalk paint, sanding it all "soft" afterwards, and then sealed it with a few coats of polycrylic.

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