Midcentury goes Mod

 RERUN ALERT!!!

Thanks to the Beckie Farrant, the genius behind RoadKill Rescue for the feature today! 

Bonjour!  Or should I say, Cool....as in this dresser! It went from shocking blah, to an experiment in color gone bad, to sleek and modern...


 Here is the original if you missed it: 

I am in the process of Redouxing oldest daughter's bedroom.  The walls were ELECTRIC LIME GREEN.  Don't even get me started on how many coats of Primer it took to cover it.  I thought I kept seeing mint green for days after......

After walls were completely finished, I turned my attention to a "Free To Me" dresser that had been in youngest daughter's room.  Try as I might, I could not locate a picture of the dresser before it got it's first (kind of frightening Redoux)

We were going for a very bright look, and well....we got it! 

The dresser was in fantastic condition and with youngest daughter's room redone, you can see the furniture for youngest daughter's makeover here at:
Le Chair 

 Le Dresser

and

Le Desk

Back to Mid Century Man.  Here he is stripped and ready for refining:

I stripped the paint off, ground it off where it wouldn't budge, then sanded him smooth with 220 grit, then hand sand with 320.  

 Did two coats of Zinsser Bulls Eye Primer.

Painted the body of the dresser with Sherwin Williams "Alabaster", the same color of the walls.  Mr. Red and I sprayed the drawers in Sherwin Williams, "Capri", which happened to be the exact same color of her new bedspread! 

By the way, I simmered the handles in hot water all day and the red paint came right off those old handles!  I sprayed and Primed them with  a Basic White.  The top knobs are leftover from another project, sprayed white as well.   I love the updated look it has, and am thrilled Mr. Mid  Century has gone on to live another life in a teen, "tropical theme" hip room.  

Oh yes, since I had some paint leftover in the sprayer, I sprayed a $3.00 pink lamp for Goodwill in the same "Capri, and made a funky new (schlumpy) shade with some leftover fabric. 

Let me know what you think!