Little Gray Chalk Paint Dresser Makeover: Before And After

Do you need an idea on how to makeover a dresser with gray chalk paint? This little dresser was made over using gray chalk paint. Gray chalk paint totally transformed this little dresser. Look at the difference a fresh coat of gray chalk paint can make. Amazing!

I found this little dresser at my first garage sale of the season. Don’ you love garage sales?!? Screeching to a halt at intersections and following those little neon signs all over town. It’s the thrill of the hunt.

This little dresser was definitely out dated and was a kind of sad looking when I found it. But I think that’s what drew me to it, all the underlying potential. It had a reddish brown top and yellow on the sides with black highlights. The strong contrasting colors really made me curious to find out what neutralizing it would look like.

The shape of the dresser was interesting and I imagined it up on legs off the ground. The woman selling it was very kind and she ended up just giving me the little dresser. So there I was at my first sale of the year loading up my car with a piece of outdated furniture.

But like I said, there was a lot of potential. When I got the hutch home I repaired areas on the veneer that were chipping with some wood putty. Then I got to work painting the hutch.

Painting the Dresser with Gray Chalk Paint

I painted the hutch in a gray chalk paint finish. Two coats of the gray chalk paint covered the dresser well. Then I looked for knobs that would go with the gray chalk paint color. Parts of the dresser were a little more distressed looking, so I thought something that was unfinished looking would be nice.

I found two glass knobs that had a worn off painted finish on them. These knobs were originally taken off an antique dresser I sold and thought they look really nice with the gray.

When the hutch was finished my husband Damon put little legs on the bottom of the hutch with screws and some wood glue. I definitely liked the hutch better with the legs on it.

But for me there was still something missing. Since I picked up the little dresser I imagined having some sort of design on the sides. Leaves or branches, perhaps.

I thought of it for awhile and I decided I would hand paint some lotus leaves on the sides. After practicing a few leaves on a small canvas, I decided to just go for it.

With a few different sizes of brushes I made several leaves on each side of the hutch. I used a slightly darker gray to go with the lighter gray. This little dresser just needed a little extra something and I had so much fun doing this. I would definitely consider adding touches like these to furniture in the future.

With the hand painting and the extra height, this little hutch went from being something I would never want in my house to a small signature piece. Now this little hutch could be used for an entryway, hallway, media stand or other small nook.

I am not certain if I will keep it for myself or bring it to the market I am doing in September. But either way I think it’s a lot more usable with the added height from the legs and the neutral colors that coordinate better in a variety of spaces. With a fresh coat of gray chalk paint this little dresser was transformed!

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