My Aunt's dresser finally got a makeover, and now serves her purpose in our dinning room as a buffet (or rather she holds everything that doesn't have any other place to go). I forgot to take a good picture of the "before," but here is how she looked after having previous pull screw holes filled in prior to painting.
Before
Not picture: are the truly outdated noisy floppy pulls that had pineapples on them. Pineapples? Really?
Anyways, I decided to paint her in the Luckett's green MMS Milk Paint that I plan to paint the rest of our dinning room chairs. You can see the first chair finished here.
I LOVE this paint and this color SO much. Here is a close up on the color. It is not a flat one color paint. It has various colors mixed in, so in some areas it will look a little more yellow or have these little specks of blue show up.
MMS Milk Paint Luckett's Green
One of the great things about milk paint is that you are able to use it over a surface without stripping it (which will naturally cause that "chippy" look). I did not want the "chippy" look, so I used the bonding agent, but I still did get a couple of areas that chipped. I wanted a little bit of distressing, so I didn't worry about it too much. However, having used this paint on a stripped surface and a non-stripped surface, I recommend stripping the top coat before painting. The paint just did not want to stick to the dresser very well with the top coat on, so I ended up having to do about 2 more coats of paint that I did not have to do on my chairs. So at last here she is, and I love how she turned out:
Refinished Dresser Turned Buffet
I switched out the pineapple pulls for some more fashionable knobs that I bought from Hob Lob! Love that store. I also did some light distressing on the edges. In the first picture of this post you can actually she an area where the paint chipped off. The chipping really wasn't too bad.
Hob Lob Knob
I am pleased with how she turned out, and now on to the next project.
