“Esther” is a lovely painted french provincial dresser made of fruitwood. I picked it up in Niagara Falls from my Niagara Falls connection -Lesley. A little story behind this piece as I too had my eye on the dresser. When I called the lady who owned it “Esther” she said that she had just sold it to a lady in Niagara Falls. When I saw it was for sale again – I knew it was Lesley who had beat me to the punch. So needless to say, I purchased it from Lesley the next day.
I know, it looked pretty good before and this may not be everyone’s style, but I wanted to do this two toned wet distressed look on this painted french provincial dresser. I first painted the entire piece with ASCP Duck Egg. The second coat was a splash of a mixture of Aubusson Blue with Provence on all the raised areas, because I knew I wanted this dark colour to predominantly come through. Once that was dry I finished the piece in the ASCP Old White.
I then began the magic. With a wet cloth I began lightly wiping off the Old White in those strategic areas of the cabinet where I knew I wanted to achieve “the look” I was after. This process took a bit of time. Wiping, stepping back, wiping some more. After the magic I applied a good layer of ASCP Clear Soft Wax to the entire piece buffing as I went along. The handles received a spraying of Aged Copper and then an application of gold gilding was applied to complete the look.
This painted french provincial dresser measures: 63″W x 19″ D x 30 1/2″ H.
Please send us a note if you have any questions regarding this piece of painted furniture or any other that we have completed to: studiopaint@yahoo.com
Bela says
Is the dresser still available?
Studio Paint says
Hello Bela,
Yes it is still available …. I have sent you an email… please let me know if you did not receive it.
Thanks for visiting!!
Maxine
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Studio Paint says
Thanks Klara!! I would be so honoured.
Maxine
Baba says
About Esther JJ
You said you applied Duck Egg Blue as a base coat. Then a splash of a mixture of Aubusson Blue with Provence. How much of each colour did you mix together? Second, was it applied to the dresser as a wash or straight full strength the way you mixed it, then wet distressed? Also was the final white coat applied as a wash or just straight paint? I would appreciate your help for I have been searching and searching and trying to decide what colour to paint some pieces I have to a similar bedroom suite. My walls are going to be taupe and I think this will go well. What do you think or suggest?
Thanks for your help.
Studio Paint says
Hi Betty,
Thanks so much for visiting and all very good questions!!
Nothing very fancy about this application. I first applied the Duck Egg then I mixed the Aubusson and Provence colour 1:1 and applied a good coat of it to all the raised edges. So if you looked at it after this step it would look very odd with all the strips on just the edges. I wanted it to be two dimensional (hence the two colours the light and dark blue colours). Let these two dry over night so they are set. And the final coat of paint was the Old white. Now before it completely sets up you start to lightly take off the white until you achieve the colour that you want….. I wanted the dark blue and duck egg to both come through the white. And finally the gold gilding at the end once everything was dry and clear waxed of course.
So no special applications of wash or anything else but wet distressing and strategic colour placement under the white.
I hope this helps… good luck with your project…. I’m sure this would look great with your taupe walls!!
Maxine