A Bedroom Set Before and After I am out today thrifting and hoping to find a few good pieces to transform. Honestly, they are becoming few and far between. I would love to find something along the lines of this bedroom set that I worked on last year. I used Annie Sloan Duck Egg with gold highlights. I’m sharing this project again for those that may have not seen it! Wish me luck today at the stores and I hope to find a great piece to transform!
Posted August, 2015:
Here is the before and you can see that it was in great condition but dark and drab. My client wanted a pale blue with green undertones and gold highlights – yum!
Here is the after!
I used Annie Sloan Duck Egg Blue to achieve this finish. This was quite the process so here goes!
I applied a coat of Annie Sloan Old White as a base. I first used a combo of basically half Duck Egg to half Old White. However, once applied it was just too light. I added more Duck Egg into the mixture to make it about 3 parts Duck Egg to 1 part Old White – ah, perfect! I also added a wash of straight Duck Egg to give it more depth. The white peeks out in places to add to its lightness.
I hope you don’t mind but I took a lot of pictures of the detail to share with you all.
For the gold, I hand painted along the bits and pieces I wanted to highlight. I then sanded back and distressed the entire piece. After distressing and waxing in clear wax, I went back over some of the gold once again. The vintage pulls were given a quick brush over to brighten them up and add yet another pop of gold on this pretty piece.
The Duck Egg appears more blue or green depending on the light. Lovely!
I am kind of like Edward Scissorhands when I get going on a piece and just go with it. When there is a set to finish, I have to remember each step carefully so I can repeat it on the next piece and it makes it a little tedious.
Before:
The technique is the same as I described in the above post. Here is the after!
Enjoy the yummy detail!
This looks lovely, your workmanship is superb Suzanne – hope you’re successful in finding more treasures…..
Thanks so much, Cheryl! I was successful and am excited to get working on my newest find
Have a great weekend!
Absolutely gorgeous! You are so talented and have a great eye for the detail that makes your work so wonderful.
Thank you so much!
I love this!! Will you consider posting something that you have painted in a modern finish and the instructions? I have an old China cabinet with a curved front that was my grandmothers that I want to redo and I want to paint it in the modern finish with no distressing. Thanks!!!
Hi Angela, I find the General Finishes milk paint to be best for a modern finish. It can be achieved with chalk paint but I prefer the sleeker finish of the acrylic milk paint for a modern look. You can either spray or use a brush but if you don’t want brush marks, spraying is the way to go. Honestly, I never spray but GF website has a whole list of tutorials and one of them is on this. You may want to check out their site. Best of luck and I bet your cabinet will look gorgeous when done!
Love it! Your talent shows through again. What paint did you use for the gold?
Cyn
Hi Cyn! I believe it was gold gilding wax. I really prefer Cire a Dorer that I buy from my Annie Sloan stockist. I think you can get it online too
Cheers!
Gorgeous! The color is perfect.
Thanks, Debbie!
Thank you so much for your reply. I will try the General Finishes on the piece I want to paint. I appreciate your help!!
These pieces or gorgeous! You do such lovely work and are so willing to share your process with us. I love that. Thank you.
Thank you, Susan! I appreciate it!