Turquoise Love


Circa 1980's French Provincial Style Chest


Original Wood Veneer Top



Scrollwork and details highlighted using dark wax


Take a look and see how I transformed a 
"not so pretty" chest of drawers into this beautiful turquoise work of art.

The piece was in really great shape and needed very little sanding...

I sanded the top so the darker stain would penetrate the wood grain.


I rubbed vaseline on the edges of the drawers and on various areas of the chest to make sanding and distressing a lot easier. SalvagedInspirations has a great tutorial on how to use vaseline to distress furniture.

Leg detail before paint and dark wax

With one coat of paint you can see the vaseline coming through.
The second coat of paint covered up the vaseline....


A little sanding reveals where the vaseline was placed. 


I sealed the front and sides with clear wax. The top is stained with Minwax® PolyStain in Expresso. It looks like dark chocolate. Yum. 


Handle detail


Front detail





The dark wax brings out the intricate scrollwork on the leg.
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