here's the story of the WINNER of ReInVintaged Designs'
"ugly dresser" contest!!
i know she's actually a "buffet" but who are we to discriminate!
isn't she BEAUTIFUL NOW?!?!
When she came to me, she looked like this!
her owner had found her at a garage sale... someone had considered refinishing her. check out her fantastic Jacobean legs!!! she screamed potential!!
her owners wanted her to be "red" and "black... ish" :)
my FAVORITE paint is Annie Sloan Chalk Paint so we went with
Graphite & Emperor's Silk
once again, i'm so not good at all the pics along the way... tho i did a little better this time!!
1. i knew i wanted little distressed "peeks" of the Emperor's Silk, so i hit all the "distressing areas"... like the corners, edges, and embellishments with E.S. you can kinda see that in the pic above!
2. i knew i wanted the doors and drawers to PoP with the Emperor's silk... so they got two coats.
3. next, i got out my favorite sanding sponge block thingy!! looks just like this one!! my husband said to me last night as i was frantically looking for it "you mean that thing's not dead yet??" not quite.... :)
look at that Emperor's Silk peeking through!!! love love love!!! and i LOVE the drawer embellishments after i went over them with the sanding thingy!! 
4. i applied A.S. dark wax to everything... but especially paying attention to the drawer embellishments. 
i clearly lack ANY photography skills!! flash or no flash... they both look terrible!
All Put Back Together!!!!
the ONLY problem with this piece is she doesn't get to stay in my house!
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