Pallet for Home: First Attempt at Glazing Furniture

First Attempt at Glazing Furniture

Saturday, September 8, 2012

My parents gave us one of the dressers that they received for a wedding gift almost thirty five years ago. Rob was interested in trying out an antique glaze on this dresser and another pine dresser we snagged off of Craigslist. Unfortunately we only have before pictures of the first dresser because we forgot to take one of the one from Craigslist. The CL dresser was dark wood with lots of scratches all over it.

Here are the finished photos for both dressers. Rob used Valspar's antiquing glaze in the asphalt color and Valspar's Homestead Resort Olive. Both dressers were sanded with a hand sander and then wiped down with mineral spirits to clean them up. The hardware was left alone on both pieces for now. Then Rob put three coats of paint on both dressers and distressed them both by hand. Finally, he added the antiquing glaze by wiping it on and then wiping some of it off with a towel.

The paint and glaze set us back about twenty dollars at Lowe's. The cost to complete both dressers was around fifty dollars because we bought the second one on CL. Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

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