Ashley chest makeover

I had this old chest in espresso color which i got so bored seeing the old brown shades of furniture. Thought i need some makeover. We decided this was gonna go in the boys room, so we picked some grey shades and wanted to give a rustic touch.

All you need for this project

  • Chalk paint for the chair( i got Graphite Annie Sloan chalkpaint)
  • Wood stain of your choice
  • pull Hardware
  • Sand paper
  • Cloth for applying stain

Step 1:

Sand the chest completely so that the dark stain is gone.

Step2:

Clean the chest thoroughly and apply the Minwax Red oak wood finish stain. Let the stain dry for about 8 hours.

Step3:

Then painted the furniture with Annie Sloan chalk paint Graphite color leaving the trims of the chest to show the stain color still. Also, I wanted the stain to show through here and there throughout the chest, so did not do multiple coats of chalk paint and left it with one coat.

Step4:

Then, finally coated the chest with clear wax.

I replaced the old hardware on the chest with new hardware which I found on Etsy and I loved the way it turned out.

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