Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Vintage Cedar Chest in Tiffany Blue

A few posts ago I told you about a couple that was cleaning out a relative's house and had invited me to come over.  I was able to take a tour to see all of their amazing treasures.  When we got up to the attic is was full of things and we did a little poking around.  I happened to see the corner of this cedar chest peeking out of the corner off the back wall.  I said, "What is that?"  They said, "I don't know.  Let's take a look."  He uncovered part of it and it was all I needed to see.  I told him I would take it when he dug it out. :)  Fast forward a few days and I get a message saying she would like to keep the cedar chest, but would like me to redo it for her.  Yea!  I love that. 

She said she didn't know exactly what she wanted but she did want Tiffany Blue. I don't work with really bright colors a lot, so I was happy to oblige! 

This seriously is the sweetest little chest.  It's very petite and has the prettiest feet on it.  



 BEFORE




 AFTER




 Because this color is very bright and the chest is very small I wanted to leave the top wood to contrast the paint (and to give the eye a place to rest).  It is a beautiful piece of mahogany and refinished nicely.  I love the deep tone of the wood with the paint. 




 I tried gold in the groove and didn't like it, so opted to just sand the edges of it instead.  I like the simplicity of it. 




 See? Cute feet!









The key hole cover was missing so I replaced it with one I had in my stash.  I like the detail it adds. I didn't want to create holes where there weren't any (in case they want to strip this down someday) so I adhered it with Modge Podge.  Love that stuff!


6 comments:

  1. I love your end results on this beautiful piece. What a lovely color and the light distressing is perfect. I'd like to know if you used chalk paint and if so, did you finish with wax? Or did you use latex paint? The finish looks so smooth I was just wondering.
    thanks!
    linda

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  2. This is amazing! I'm allergic to color (haha) but love, love, love how you remade this into an awesome piece!

    Life has been crazy busy - I am behind on so many posts - hopefully will slow down soon. Big hugs, Lisa!

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