Dresser From Hell & A Giveaway Winner

 Hello friends..happy to see you back at the nest.
I hope you had a relaxing Labor Day weekend.
Mine has been....well, let's just say ......
interesting!
On Saturday, I was trolling the local Craig's List offerings and came across a beautiful antique dresser.
I e-mailed the seller and it turns out she lived about 10 minutes from me.
I asked if I could come look at it and she said yes.
So I hopped in my car and headed over to her house.
I came to a four way intersection where I had the right of way and the cross street has a stop sign.
Yeah...you guessed it
The other driver ran his stop sign
SLAM!!!!!
I'm ashamed to say that my first thought was
MY DRESSER!!!
My second thought was
SNAP...I SHOULD TAKE PICTURES FOR MY BLOG!
As I was being strapped to a gurney (by a fellow bloggers husband!) for my ambulance drive,
I remember asking the rescue squad if they had a camera
so I could have a photo for my blog.
But the straw that broke the camels back
was e-mailing the seller while lying on the ER examining table.
Yeah..I am officially
OBSESSED!
I am happy to say that aside from being somewhat knocked around, sore and losing valuable furniture painting time...
I am ok.
(gotta love those muscle relaxers)
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Ok...now about the dresser for Hell

Remember this beautiful dresser I found at my local Salvation Macy's?

I love her pretty corners, her lovely pulls and her softly curving legs.

I began her restyle by securing any loose veneer with Elmers wood glue and clamps.

I also repaired a small missing piece of veneer with Elmers wood putty.

I have a lady interested in this dresser and she asked if I could paint it in Provence chalk paint.

So let the painting begin

She was coming along very nicely when I started to notice her maroonish stain popping through.

Second coat...still bleeding through

Coat of primer...still bleeding through

Second coat of primer...STILL BLEEDING!

Two more coats of Provence...Still Bleeding!!!!

This dresser appears to be possessed.

Someone call the Vatican

I think I need an

 Exorcist

Begin the chanting Please

"The Power of Christ Compels You"

"The Power of Christ Compels You"

"The Power of Christ Compels You"

I exorcised the maroon stain bleed through by using paint to 'fool the eye'

Look at the photo above 

Just beneath and along the top edge is where the stain

repeatedly bled through.

I brushed on some diluted Old White along the whole top edge

and then quickly wiped it off

so it highlighted and settled in the top and bottom crevice.

I then distressed the area.

Now your eyes are drawn to the distressing, the highlighting and the white primer I exposed.

You can't even see the bleed through.

So let's see the dresser one more time....

In all her red glory

Before

***After***

She was a Demon to work on, but evolved into an

Angel

I painted the sides of her drawers in ASCP Versailles, a lovely grey/green.

She got a new pair of glass earrings

Isn't she sweet?

Just look at her dainty little feet on rollers.

Cute little detailed corners and vintage curvy pulls.

It started out as a Devilish endeavor and turned into a heavenly rebirth.

I do hope my client approves and takes her home.

And now for the winner of the Home Depot gift card generously offered by 

HOMETALK

Using Random.Org 

the Lucky follower is...

#52

Sue from the lovely blog

Sullivan & Murphy

So I have some bad news and some good news..

Bad News: I failed to receive 500 entries, so the gift card amount will not be doubled

Cue the tears and sad violin music

;-<

Good News

Sue will be receiving a $50.00 gift card to HOME DEPOT!!!!!!

All courtesy of the kind folks at

 HOMETALK

That's enough to buy a new power tool

 enough paint to restyle an outdated room

Fall landscape plantings 

or

seasonal holiday decorations!

Congratulations Sue

I will be contacting you soon.

I would like to say a huge

Thank You

to Jason of Hometalk

for making this wonderful giveaway possible.

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If you did not win this time...don't be sad.

Come back tomorrow because I am having another fabulous 

Giveaway

If you love fabric, you will not want to miss this one!

Until next time...be kind and stay creative.

Sharing here this week

Between Naps On The Porch

Dittle Dattle

Hope Studios

Savvy Southern Style

PS...many thanks go to all of you who graciously spread the word about my Giveaway...You are the best readers/fellow bloggers EVER !!! I am so grateful to have so many new friends because of this giveaway and I hope you continue to visit The Empty Nest.