While I am not totally against the odd piece of pine furniture, our bedroom was starting to look like a salvage yard, full of miss-match furniture.
I started by painting the drawers with the beautifully chalky Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Original . It's amazing paint because you don't need to rub down the surface before you paint. My mum recommended that I water it down as it is really thick and this definitely helped the application. I gave them at least two coats of the paint.
The carcass of the drawers is very heavy so I carefully painted them in-situ! Tut, tut!
When all the paint was fully dried I lightly sanded down the paint work and wiped it over to make sure all the dust was gone. I then applied natural beeswax, with a clean paint brush, to the drawers and the carcass. This changed the colour of the paint to give it a slightly darker colour and has a wonderful smell!
I decided to keep the knobs rather than replace them. I sprayed them with the same gloss paint that I used on the bench and table (see post below) and I really like how there is a contrast of matt wax and gloss surfaces.
My mum gave me a mirror , which was originally in my room when I was growing up. I sprayed that too with the Antique White paint.
All in all, I am very happy with my finished project...what next I wonder!?
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