My customer wanted a brighter white (without as much yellow as Annie Sloan Old White) for a very sweet vintage dresser makeover. I wrote a post last week on how to take the yellow out of Old White (HERE) but for this piece, I went with the clean and fresh Annie Sloan Pure White.
I didn’t take a proper “before” but you can see the dresser in the background here:
This dresser had been sanded back to its original wood finish by the owner so it didn’t have a base coat to paint over. I don’t like to apply shellac to prevent bleed through. Instead, I first applied a few coats of Pure White directly onto the wood. I then applied one coat of General Finishes Flat Out Flat topcoat. This allowed the next coat of Pure White to cover beautifully. No bleed through!
I sanded it back with 220 grit sandpaper to give it a super smooth finish, very lightly distressed it and sealed the paint with Annie Sloan clear wax for that hand rubbed finish. New glass drawer pulls were the perfect finishing touch!
Simple and fresh pure white!
Who would have thought of Flat our Flat to prevent bleeding! Lovely piece. I have a question also. Looking though your site I saw the makeover of two pieces of furniture with duck egg blue and Martha Stewart gold. There was a comment you replied to saying you would do a tutorial on the gold trim. It was dated back in 2015 so I looked thru your site but can’t find one. Could you direct me please!
Hi Mari – here it is and best of luck on your project! https://youtu.be/GGSm_L-7rXA
Great tip to prevent bleed through, Suzanne. Love the simplicity of the white paired with those gorgeous glass knobs. Very pretty makeover! Pinning
Thank you Marie!