DIY Media Console: How To Paint & Stencil Furniture

Today I'm sharing my petty media console that I painted amongst my diy chalk paint!

I've been inwards desperate postulate of something to concur our TV until nosotros instruct closed to to mounting it on the wall.  So, I did a petty Craigslist perusing the other solar daytime as well as came across this petty treasure for $20.

It was hideous.

However, I actually liked the shape, as well as for $20 I knew I could plow it into something decent to instruct us past times for awhile.

After taking it abode as well as cleaning it upwards a bit, I took the drawers out, sanded it downwardly actually good.

Then I primed the it. It took several coats.

I used Kilz to comprehend upwards whatever stains as well as smells, as well as to brand certain my chalk pigment was extra durable.

Then painted it amongst 2 coats of Behr 'Creamy White' inwards that I converted into chalk paint. You tin skip the priming as well as sanding if you lot actually desire to when using chalk paint. However, I knew this dresser was going to instruct a lot of apparel as well as tear, thence I went ahead as well as did extra prep work.

Then I got a petty creative as well as used some leftover metallic element pigment as well as a stencil to spruce it upwards a bit.

I decided to usage the stencil on the purpose underneath where the knobs become on each drawer.

I used a petty spray adhesive as well as some record to secure it, as well as and thence used my roller to gyre on the Martha paint.

I ended upwards amongst a cute petty stenciled especial on each drawer.

Then, I used some old brass knobs that I had pulled off another old slice of furniture a long fourth dimension ago. They were hideously brass, only I loved the shape of them. Using a twosome coats of Oil Rubbed Bronze, I was able to brand them await fresh as well as updated.

Ultimately I decided to accept the legs off of the dresser thence that it would last a improve superlative for our living room. I kept them though, thence that I tin supply this dresser to its one-time glory when I'm cook to sell it as well as upgrade.

I mean value it's a peachy solution for now, as well as fits good inwards our living room.

Thanks for joining me! Don't forget to pivot this post thence you'll induce got it when it's fourth dimension to pigment your ain furniture!

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