UPDATED----The Dresser Project-Part One & Two & Three

So here is the dresser I have been struggling over—do I paint it or not?  I am really committed to all white-so you know what the answer is…AND  sometimes we must just jump right in…well…..I jumped all right..My assistant (below)

and I started this journey with some paint de-glosser….
And we found some history about this piece while working on it…

I have a great story about this dresser—it has been in my husband’s family for  years…more about that later…..



so I started doing a dry brush technique I had been reading about..I figured it would look a little better once I sanded and painted a bit more...

Nope......

 So I pulled out the Gorilla Glue and clamps to do some repair work--and maybe get a new perspective on the technique I was trying...


 


New perspective now?…Nope…..but the drawers are all repaired!

 At this point I was beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel…then it happened....

My husband came out in the garage and said…hmmmmm…I’m just not seeing it honey….And i said—wait let me add the knobs…maybe that will help…….oh my…..I had to agree..I just was not seeing it either....

 so……. I decided to start over…at 10:00 p.m. last night…..because I wanted to get a good coat of  paint on it last night and then one more in morning before I left for work......so I could start some sanding after work......

And then something happened after a couple sanding sessions....…I started seeing it…

 

 

and seeing it….
and maybe even liking loving it!
I think we might have something……

So-I must say at 10:00 p.m. tonight I am MUCH happier than I was at 10:00 p.m. last night….and tomorrow I will do the big reveal and share the family story about this little beauty….but for now I must hit the sack…4:45 a.m. comes VERY early…Night all! 



****UPDATE****Good morning and finally---drum roll please.........The reveal--

 

The key is sanding....Sand with a medium grit paper or block and sand where you the natural wear would occur...edges, sides.....I also sanded off the key holes to add a bit of detail also.....

Yes-she is back in the house and I am enjoying her....Now for a little history lesson... She was in my husband's childhood basement for years and his parents decided to put her to use in their bedroom-but wanted her in their closet.  This would have probably been in the early 1960's...She was a little too big for where they wanted to place her so they sawed off her legs--wooden wheels and all-and sawed off a bit of her top also..on each side.  You can still see some of the saw markings on the top sides-I purposely left them there for the history factor......Now she has come full circle....back in a house..holding a place of importance but sadly missing those great legs and wooden wheels..What's a woman to do!!  Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it and now I must run over to the MONTHLY DIY Club http://thediyclub.com/calendar-of-events-2/ to enter her into their monthly contest....Come along and enter also--you know you want to!!!! See you there! 
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