Whoa! Someone hasn’t posted on her blog in a while! I can’t even believe this is late July. How did that even happen?! School will be starting back so soon. Show of hands, who’s not ready? At any rate, I hope everyone else’s summer has gone by slowly and lazily!
I have a dresser before and after to share with you guys! I’ve dubbed this one, The Thomasville Head-Turner. She cleaned up nicely with her heels and bows I must say.
Here’s the very brown before…
And here’s the much better after…
This piece was in superb condition for its age. I can only guess how old it is, I assume 1970’s. Other than some surface scratches and dings, it was really great. My client chose the perfect color, Sherwin Williams West Highland White. I took the paint swatch down to my local automotive paint store and asked them to color match it for me. Several days of sanding, priming and painting later, this Thomasville truly morphed into a head turner. 
This piece will serve as a changing table in a sweet little girl’s nursery. I couldn’t imagine more appropriate hardware. Aren’t the little brass bows so darling?
Many thanks to Mallory Jane for the great photos! Her fabulous work can be found HERE.
Well friends, I thank you for taking the time to come by here to have a look-see! I’d love to hear about any summer projects you’ve been busy with! Leave a comment and let’s chat. xo
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Loving the finished look of the paint. Looks light and doesn’t weigh down the piece. No paint brush strokes.
You stated that you have your local auto paint shop match the color for you. Did they paint it for you ? And was it pricey to have them take care of that part of the process for you?
I am new to to refinishing and love the profesh looking finish of this particular piece. I was going to purchase a paint sprayer myself at Home Depot . Any tips in that department as you are the real professional !
Thanks kindly,
Taylor
Hi Taylor, thanks for your comment and question. The automotive paint store mixed the paint for me, but I did all of the painting myself. As for buying a sprayer at Home Depot, I truly don’t have much advice because I have no experience with spray equipment from there. I do however have a post where I list all of my favorite tools if you’d like to check that out! You can find that post here. xo
This looks fantastic!
Can you tell us more about automotive paint & why you chose that for this piece? Never read anything about it.
Thanks!
Yeah, you can read more about it here
Hi Kayla, can I ask how much you charged for this? I’ve got the same piece and have no idea what I should price it at.
I don’t remember exactly…probably around 1200 ish (if I were selling it today, it would be 2000 at least)