Upcycled chest of drawers

Shaira

      Industrial Themed Chest of Drawers

            The lovely interior designer Rachael from Hermitage Staging gave me an exciting project to work on. She wanted me to up cycle a chest of drawers on industrial theme. I was so excited and set to work. 

First I got this lovely drawers which was well used but still a lot of life left.

Then  I gave it a good clean and removed the handles and placed them aside in a box.

Then I sanded the furniture and then the following day I left the top and  painted the drawers a lovely grey using a homemade chalk paint .  I did 3 quotes. 

finally I hand painted the numbers on the drawers to bring out the industrial elements. Eventually I sealed the drawers with 

gilly’s clear wax. 

For the top of the cabinet I applied gilly’s dark wax. Following day I added a bit different handles and staged it and took photos. 

Rachael was very happy and she used it to stage a home and later she presented it at her son’s room 🙂

                 The home she staged 

                Rachael’s son’s room

EricL

Hi @Shaira

Thank you so much for sharing this upcycling project. It blends in so well with the room. What was the brand of the chalk paint that you used? Did you use a template to do the numbers or did you do it freehand? Any tips you can share for those wishing to replicate your project would be much appreciated.

Eric