Comments on: before and after: faizura’s mirror + christine’s dresser

By: paulina

paulina — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:36:19 +0000

oh god – turning semi-nice furniture into kitsch

By: faizura

faizura — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:29:10 +0000

Thank you all for the comments!

Christine, after looking at your dresser, I’m thinking of giving my sister’s chest of drawers a brand new look =)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:53:10 +0000

I love these posts! It inspires me so much and gets me all excited to go ransack antique stores to find things that I can fix up!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:27:52 +0000

I love the color choices for the mirror.

By: Christine Chitnis

Christine Chitnis — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:20:11 +0000

Hi everyone! Thank you for the sweet comments. To answer a few questions:

1. The prints above the dresser are from Creative Thursday, you can find her on etsy.

2. The lamp is indeed from Crate and Barrel and it is called the Optic Sea Glass table lamp- very good ‘hsp’!

3. The dresser is painted with Ralph Lauren’s Atlantic Winter (matched and mixed in C2 lo-vo paint)

4. Definitely sand any furniture that you are going to paint (i recommend an electric sander). You need to remove any and all varnish and smooth out any flaws in the wood.

Hope that helps!

By: hsp

hsp — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:47:55 +0000

Katrina – it’s at Crate and Barrel. It’s the Optic Sea Glass table lamp.

By: mandy

mandy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:38:20 +0000

i didn’t think i was going to like the dresser, because the before showed such a great piece – but i love the after! colour, hardware, it all works. very nice job!

By: Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:04:08 +0000

Love the dresser!
Reese, I have refinished some furniture before, and I would say yes, sand first, it helps the paint to adhere better.
I have a question, does anyone know where that lamp came from? I have been trying to find some exactly like that for a few months now!

By: jamieofalltrades

jamieofalltrades — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:50:25 +0000

awesome! two great uses of blue.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:46:08 +0000

Thanks hsp !