HOW TO PAINT A SMOOTH FINISH - using annie sloan chalk paint

Anyone who owns a piece of my work

or has visited and touched the finish 

on my furniture usually comments 

about how smooth it is. There are 

many different things you can do to 

get a smoother ASCP paint finish 

when using a brush and I am sharing

some of the secrets I use.

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REMOVING WATER MARKS, ADDING APPLIQUES, & CHANGING HARDWARE

I'm sharing with you how a simple three drawer dresser

gets a complete makeover in my house. Everything from
a new color and hardware to appliques and how to remove
white water marks from the top surface.

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OMBRE DRESSER FOR TODDLER with tips & turquoise

Do you want to paint an Ombre dresser? Have you ever wondered why

it's called Ombre? I will help answer some of these questions and offer tips I learned while creating my Ombre dresser for a little family member.

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SPRING FLING DRESSER

 

This dresser was named the Spring Fling because of the soft colors used to finish it and it was spring time when I was painting it. It was originally a road side find. 

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ALTERNATIVE TO DARK STAINED TOP - color layering paint with ASCP

I wanted to create a nice rich
dark stained top on this project
but I would need to strip it first.
I can only strip furniture outdoors,
and it was the wrong time of year
to do this work so I came up with
an alternative plan.

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SECOND HAND FURNITURE LEGS - tiffany blue dresser

The last item I purchased was a brown woodland vintage chair, that was horrible to look at but it was going to be useful.

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TALL BLUE VINTAGE DRESSER - fixing drawers

Time to share some tips and tricks I use to refreshing drawers.

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ANNIE SLOAN PROVENCE - painted blue tallboy

I wanted a certain look in a dresser but I had

never found one similar to what I wanted to work

on, so I took a simple flat dresser and changed the

whole look by adding to it.

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FRENCH BLUE CHALK PAINT - diy painted dresser

CHANGING GEARS
I tried a different look at first with this dresser but it just wasn't my style or for that matter the dresser's style. I had to rethink my plans right in the middle but it was definitely for the best. Come take a look at how my French Blue dresser came to be.

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