Months ago I picked up this very old oak chest of drawers at an auction. The oak boards on the top had separated leaving an irregular gap along the top and the drawers would fall forward if you pulled them out  just far enough to get into them.  I started to make the repairs, but other projects kept creeping in so I outsourced the repairs to a local woodworking company I’ve used previously. About a week later, she was back and ready for me to put my design ideas to the test.

She is hand painted in a custom blue-green milk paint and sealed with 3 coats of satin poly.  The color is what I call an uncertain color.  The light hits it and sometimes it appears as a shade of  blue and other times green.  I love those kind of colors.  The coral floral knobs add texture and a certain sweetness to the piece.  Her drawers are lined with graphic floral paper that I just couldn’t resist.  The paper has shades of blue, green, and coral, which compliments the exterior design perfectly. She is my darling “Amelia.”

I wish you could experience how smooth the finish is and yet how the oak grain still comes through.  It is seems so natural, almost as if the paint and the wood are one. The wood purists may be angry that I painted this oak piece, but I think the oak is happy again.  If I had been blessed with a little girl, I would have loved to decorate her room with this piece.

“Amelia” will be for sale ($450) in my Etsy Shop later this week.  Linking up at Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday.

Dimensions:

• 42 inches long
• 18 1/4 inches deep
• 30 3/4 inches tall

xoxo,

Meg