Aqua Cottage Dresser

Don't you love before and afters? 

I do!

Yes, I know...it's quarter-sawn oak

you'll just have to trust me when I say

 it wasn't in good enough condition to refinish

Milk paint, doing what milk paint does best!

I used Cobalt Blue for the base coat, then used Cobalt Blue, Boho Blue, and White 

to create four different shades of aqua

(all Real Milk Paint shades)

Some layers were heavy, others were simply dry-brushed on

created a time-worn, weathered effect

All the chippy goodness is courtesy of the milk paint

and very little elbow grease

The original beveled Cheval mirror was distressed and tarnished in strange spots

so I used Amy Howard at Home's Antique Mirror Solution to further distress

Randomly painting the back in varying shades of aqua

It's a sweet, happy little dresser now...

Michele