Painted Sage Green Side by Side Dresser
Style and design inspiration can be tough for plain, no detail, no character pieces. This is one of those but for the faux rivet heads on the feet. I’m growing to like these dressers as is but the orange is still to hard to take on the eye.
It was a free bee from my estate sale friends at Family Treasures. They sold my Dad’s household belongings in 2016, (time flies) and I maintain their website. Sometimes furniture remains unsold after a sale. Denise knows what I look for and popped it in a bundle for me to buy.
Before
Using the faux rivets at the feet and it’s overall vintage aesthetic, there are still a hundred choices for it’s makeover. The style I settled to aim for is Cabin Chic, reminiscent of Michigan Up North cabins. That’s what it looks like to me, but the knobs have to go!
After
I considered sage green first, nixed that for a deep latte color (even bought the paint for it), jumped to super dark green and, eventually making the circle back to this sage green. It’s Green Onyx by Sherwin Williams made into my DIY chalk paint. There is subtle dark brown shading around the drawers, side and top edges for a little age effect.
BTW, visioning, imagining and deciding furniture makeovers is my #1 mind go to shift when negative thinking takes hold. It works! it gets me out of my own head and into something more tangible. This is one reason I believe art is important to humans.
Staging with accessories of the cabin chic style make a huge difference in how it comes across in my booth. I’m learning to thrift items specifically aimed at a staging style.
Earlier this summer I won an online auction lot containing fishing related objects, (i.e. the boat lamp, vintage wood toy sail boat, a fisherman’s pocket watch and these kitchy cabin fishing signs) and way before this dresser came along. These items became very useful inspiration for painting a cabin looking dresser. The 2 framed duck prints were picked at the local St. Vincent just last week. Lucky ME!
The side by side dresser is a bit smaller than the usual. It’s 48″ wide, not too big and not too small and is available for purchase.
