My Favorite Piece

Sometimes when you find a piece of furniture at a yard sale or flea marketyou know it's going to be a beauty when refinished.  But sometimes they takeyou totally by surprise ~ this is one of those cases ~ this is my favorite pieceI've ever refinished, and the hardest to part with.I actually remembered to take a few before pictures so you can see the transformation.

Usually I can just paint over the wood, but this time it was marked anddiscolored, so I started with two coats of Caromal Color Reclaim paint in the color Mocha to get a consistent undercoat for distressing.

Look at this lovely detail.

Over the Mocha paint, I applied two to three coats of Reclaim paintin the Off-White color, distressed the piece and then finished it offwith a mixture of clear and dark brown wax.

I forgot to mention I finished the lovely piece sitting on the top of the dresserto match, so that they could be grouped together if the buyer so desires.

A  couple pillows I made to display with the dresser and complete thebrown and off-white color theme.

I bought this sweet dresser over the summer at a nearby yard salefrom a lady named Janet, who said it belonged to her grandmother.When I told her I had finished it and it was on it's way to the store, she saidher Grandmother would be pleased.  I'm glad it will find a homewith another family and live a whole new life for many years to come.Do you ever wonder what stories an old piece of furniture would tellif it could talk?~Linking with
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