I finally got around to working with these twin dressers I have. These are the type of pieces that you
 might have bought from Sears back in the day. They have a glossy white hard finish that is in pretty
good shape. The drawers had gold detailing around the edge and one face was broken in half.

 

 

I started by painting 5 of the drawers in a custom grey and left them in the hall to dry over night.

The sixth drawer I started to glue and repair to the point of repainting. That took days!!

 

To get the grey weathered fence board look on the drawers took 2 easy steps. I removed half of the

 grey paint by using a moist scrubby sponge and washed each face length wise. I let the faces dry

again before waxing them. Once the wax was dried and buffed I scrubby length wise again to remove

more of the grey paint. Each step removes the paint in a slightly different way and creates a unique

weathered board look. I love how the strong grey stands next to a bright white.

 

 

I uses 12 French provincial handles sprayed in a bright white oil base paint.

 

Because the weather has changed and there are still a few pieces of finished furniture in my back

 work room I had to work on these in the kitchen. Check out the SHOWROOM page for the price

and dimensions of these dressers and to see what else might be available.

 

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FENCE BOARD CLOCK paris clock

 

 

Here is a little something I whipped up for a Christmas gift.

 

 

Okay its not really little at 28" across and Ive never made a clock before but I have been wanting to

try this for some time. In reality I made a cool round sign and learned some valueable lessons

on installing a clock mechanism with really long hands.

 

 

I built the clock face from old fence boards, screwing strapping boards across the back.

 

With a jigsaw I then cut it into a circle, this photo was taken before I got a nice clean cut.

It helps a great deal if you start out with a NEW sharp blade.

 

I used ASCP pure white for the face,

 

with grey and black for the graphics.

 

Here you can see the detailing of the distressed wood and the fleshly finished

Roman numbers that still needed to have an aged look. The tape was used to

provide a nice edge to the outer circle I added in black.

 

 

The fence boards measured 3/4" thick and I bought a clock mechanism made for a 3/4" surface,

however I still needed to drill out a bit to get the nut on and tightened up the right amount.

 

The final step and I suppose very critical one is to get the hands installed correctly

making sure they have enough space between each so your new clock can keep perfect time.

 

 

A little bonus for those who are local to White Rock

www.cottagepaint.com

will be having Hands-On Demo for image transfer classes

just like this pillow seen below

 

January 19

OR

February 3

check out the link and contact them if interested.

 

 

 

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