Painting a Child's Antique Wash Stand Dresser

Hi there!

We found this adorable child size dresser at an estate sale.

The woman said it belonged to her mother when she was a child.

I thought it would be a nice place to keep

my granddaughters toys and books.

She is only a few months old but

 eventually she will be able to pull herself up

and have a place for toys.

It's about 16'' high.

It had been stripped, but the quality of the wood

was not there.

This is why the project was abandoned by the previous owner.

It needed to be painted again.

We didn't know what these extra wood pieces were for-

They were inside the bottom drawer.

We set them aside for now-

It turned out to be a towel rack for a wash stand.

It sat in the garage for over a month!

I couldn't decide on a color.

We had a 1/2 PINT of Black paint.

It was for touch ups on our Dining room chairs.

My husband estimated it would be enough paint

for the dresser- let's do it.

A wet mess but I'm liking the color choice.

We put the towel bar back on like dresser the way it was meant to be-

This paint has a nice sheen and no sealer is needed.

Easy clean-up!

 

I used this Cathe Holden Stencil

from INSPIRED BARN

http://istencils.com/lillington-stencilch-014.html

We decided to put it back together

the way it was meant to be and

 

 I kept the same knobs and left them as is.

Apple Barrel- Pure Gold!

Measured carefully to get the stencil centered.

I love how it turned out!

I hung a little flour sack towel on the rack.

I found some shelf paper at the Dollar Tree

It was supposed to look like granite.

I liked it because it had black, grey and gold specks.

It was easy to line the drawers. I only needed 1 roll.

For now I love the black and it looks like it belongs.

The black paint will be a great undertone

 if in the future my granddaughter wants PINK.

So many possibilities for this small cabinet !

I can add a curtain to the towel rod for a

make- believe window in a play kitchen

or even a puppet theatre !

I put it in my kitchen off the family room.

It's filled with books and diapers.

It felt good to finish this project-

I appreciate you spending some time with me.

Thank you for visiting !

 I hope you have a great week-

xo Lisa S