Fun Aqua/Turquoise Dresser

I actually passed on this cute little dresser the first time around. I saw it at the Goodwill last Wednesday. It had just arrived and did not have a price yet. The lady in green (she wears all green, only green, head-to-toe green, every single day) told me it was $15. Now, I don't know what I was thinking, but I walked away. That night I couldn't stop thinking about it and was just hoping it would still be there first thing in the morning. As I was walking (very quickly) down the aisle, I saw it was in fact still there - whew! But now it had a price - $30. Oh no! The lady in green does not work on Thursday, but I found the manager, told her my sad story and she sold me the dresser for $15 - whew again.






It started out mint green with a lovely oval of tiny twinkly stars contact paper stuck to the top.












The drawers were lined with more colorful contact paper.







The contact paper may have had something to do with my initial hesitation, but fortunately it all peeled off rather easily.

I thought this looked like a fun retro dresser that deserved a fun fresh color - a shade of aqua/turquiose.

I've been wanting to do a stencil on a piece of furniture and was just waiting to find the right piece. I had a vine stencil that I thought would work well on the drawers. Instead of stenciling across one drawer at a time, I did the center vertical row of vine, then spaced out the other rows after that.

To soften the look, I did a light sanding and brushed on my favorite glaze - a little white paint mixed into Valspar's Clear Glazing Mix. I've talked about this in detail in several recent posts in case you missed it

I added pretty oval crystal knobs and this Goodwill find took on a whole new personality!

I can't believe I almost let this one get away!

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