{"id":169,"date":"2011-03-02T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T14:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2011-03-11T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T19:11:04","slug":"black-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Black Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"
Author: \u00a0Autumn<\/em><\/div>\n

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When I visited Jordan and her new husband at their bungalow in Syracuse a few weeks ago, we had many projects to tackle.\u00a0 Three rooms were awaiting a make-over via paint, lamps were waiting to be purchased and updated, and the dining room was in need of a server which we hoped to purchase at a second-hand store. <\/span><\/p>\n

We made our first stop at the local Goodwill where we found the perfect armoire, seen below. \u00a0(Excuse the quality of the photo which was taken with the phone camera). It had drawers for table linens, and shelves could be added to the top part\u00a0in order to\u00a0turn it into a bar.\u00a0 However, we couldn’t get it home.\u00a0 It was too heavy.\u00a0 Her husband was out of town, and the Goodwill folks were not allowed to load anything into our vehicle.\u00a0 They could only carry it to the vehicle but not place it in the\u00a0vehicle.\u00a0 And even if they had loaded it, we couldn’t unload it when we got back to her place.<\/p>\n

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We left with sad faces but with plans to return a few days later.\u00a0 And lucky for us, we followed up on the plans.\u00a0 When we walked in, we saw a non-descript dresser with straight lines, plain hardware, deep drawers, and an ugly faux wood finish.\u00a0 We fell in love instantly.<\/p>\n

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The table in Jordan’s dining room is a long, straight, and unadorned piece they bought in the scratch and dent section of Ikea.\u00a0 However, it didn’t have any scratches and dents.\u00a0 The price was too good to walk away from, and so, it became theirs. \u00a0She replaced the neutral seat covers with a bright green and white print that goes with the lamp that we spray painted and wrote about in an earlier post.<\/p>\n

It fits perfectly in their dining room, but it needed an accompanying\u00a0buffet or server with similar straight lines.\u00a0 That’s where the Goodwill dresser, which she bought for $20, came in to play. \u00a0She wanted to paint the new dresser black to offset all of the light colors in the room.<\/p>\n

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The above piece shows the condition the dresser she purchased was originally in. \u00a0However, it is not the exact piece of furniture.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Before applying \u00a0paint, I sanded off all of the original finish so the surface would be prepared to accept the new paint.<\/em><\/p>\n


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We also removed all of the hardware and spray painted every piece before reattaching it. \u00a0Even though the hardware is early American in style, by being painted black, it blended in to the black finish on the dresser. <\/em>That made a purchase of new hardware unnecessary.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since I love a good make-over, I volunteered to paint it while she worked on some other projects.\u00a0 All I had to do was\u00a0give it a good cleaning and then a\u00a0light sanding to\u00a0roughen up the\u00a0finish.\u00a0 I then rolled two coats of semi-gloss enamel on and then spray painted the handles glossy black.\u00a0 We lined the drawers, and just like that, we had the perfect complement for the room.<\/p>\n

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This view shows the completed dresser with the updated apple green lamp,(which we wrote about here)<\/a>.\u00a0Notice the four framed prints on the wall above. \u00a0She made them by purchasing a poster, cutting them into four equal pieces, and framing them. \u00a0What a creative way to up the ante on a simple stock poster. We will write a future tutorial about this process.
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What do you think about our black beauty?<\/p>\n

Take care.<\/p>\n

Photo of unfinished dresser taken from Craig’s list. \u00a0Photographer unknown.<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em> Linking to WOW Wednesday at www.savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
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