We had been going back and forth about whether or not we wanted to hang the television on the wall or get an entertainment center for it. While I was scoping out my favorite thrift store on 1/2 price day for VIP's (yes, I'm a VIP at my thrift store...and proud of it!) I found this beauty. I thought we could take out the top two drawers and be able to put our dish box and dvd player in there, then the rest of the drawers can hold all the other things that are usually laying out all over a family room.
I decided this would be the perfect project to use annie sloan chalk paint (ASCP) for the first time on. I've always used the latex paint, which has been great, but ASCP allows you to paint almost anything without having to sand and/or prime it first. Well, let me tell you that it IS as amazing as everyone says it is! I used Primer Red which is a barn style red since that's my accent color in the family room.
It seemed so weird to just take my paint brush out and start painting without doing anything to it first, except wipe the dust off of it.
This is the first coat. It took two coats then I put two coats of minwax finishing paste on it for extra protection since it'll be a high traffic piece.
I bought new hardware for it. Since each knob was almost $5.00 (gasp) I didn't get knobs for the top drawers since they'll be removed anyway. Once I get it all set up I'll post a picture, but here it is finished!
Best part is it only took up about 1/4 of my paint! So the $37 quart paint will go a long, long way!
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