The JB Chest (Before & After)
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| JB Chest (After) |
Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a lovely weekend. We spent our’s bringing some items down to my space at Main Street Antiques in Plymouth and enjoying the lovely weather at Norris Reservation in Norwell with some friends.
I have a fun makeover for you today! This antique pine chest had been in my son’s room for quite some time, but we replaced it with a larger pine chest that we got at the Brimfield Antique Market. So thought it would be fun to paint this one and try and sell it. This is the before:
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| Pine Chest (Before) |
Nothing wrong with it at all. It has solid bones and I love the darker stain, but really didn’t like the yellow toned pine.
So I got my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint out and mixed a custom color. I did Napoleonic Blue mixed with the lovely Aubusson, a muted French Blue. The details were painted in ASCP Paris Grey. ASCP clear wax was applied to the whole piece except the top and knobs. I applied dark wax to the grey trim and details:
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| Applying ASCP dark wax |
It really brought out the beautiful carvings that were lost in the yellow pine:
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| Paris Grey with dark wax on detail |
I love the dark rustic top and the original knobs.
I really think the blue and grey mix gives this chest a nautical look. Perfect for a boy’s room!
Here’s some more images of the finished piece, the side pannel:
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| the side |
The top:
What do you think of the color combination? These old pine chests really say New England to me. I’m hoping someone down in Plymouth falls in love with it.
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| JB Pine Chest (After) |
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OOOhhhhh!! I love this one! I bet it goes super quick!
BTW, where did you get that lovely boat? I have a “boat/ship-in-a-bottle shelf I’m trying to fill up…
Love it! It’s perfect in blue 🙂
Looks great Danielle and I love the color combo 🙂
yes it looks really great~perfect for a house by the sea!
it looks fantastic! love the colours you used.
x
Love it! It looks great! I love the blue. Stopping by via The Dedicated House.
http://www.the-finishing-touches.net/
This is an amazing change, I love it!
I happen to find your blog while I was jumping from one link to another, and I’m glad I did! 🙂 Following you now, looking forward to read more of your posts 🙂
Thanks, Laura. So glad you found me. Thank you for your sweet comments on the pine chest. Danielle x
Another great piece. It does indeed look nautical and I love the stained top, I’m sure it’ll sell fast !
Beautiful!
Love what you did with this chest! Beautiful! I’d like to invite you to share it at my party, Twirl & Take a Bow at http://www.houseontheway.com. I hope you can join in the fun!
Leslie
Thanks so much for inviting me to your party. I just stopped by.
You did an amazing job on this one! It’s perfect! Love the color. Thank you for sharing this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
What a pretty and unique chest!
That is great! Love the ship on it! 🙂 Thank you for sharing this at Rustic Restorations Weekend.
You did a wonderful job on this little chest. I love the colors you chose and how you made the details pop. I would love for you to come by and share at Totally Transformed Tuesday. I know my readers would love the chest. http://pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com Hope you have time to drop by. I’m a new follower. Hugs Peggy