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Chest of Drawers Overhaul

November 19th, 2012 in member junk     
gadgetsponge Brian Carlisle, contributor
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This vintage chest of drawers needed a lot of love when I found it.  After repairs, bad veneer stripping, and elbow grease I then painted it with a couple colors of chalk paint.  I distressed it all to the style I wanted and then applied pieces from a 1965 Louisiana school map in the framed fields of the drawers.  After lots of mod podge, thumb tacks, and poly, it was finished!


Pattern or design used: My own design - Brian of GadgetSponge.com
posted in: member junk, furniture, white, louisiana, repurposed, upcycled, florence, storage, map, chest of drawers, teal, chalk paint, annie sloan
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vintagebarb writes: I love this, great job! I am a lover of old maps and have decoupaged a few of them on the top of coffee tables and dressers. I think my next map project will be something like this! Posted: 7:27 am on December 12th
CottageElements writes: Oh my goodness, Brian. This is just awesome! LOVE!

Lani Posted: 7:00 am on December 5th
joeyone writes: WOW! I love this great job!
Posted: 3:26 pm on November 25th
JunkArchitect writes: Brian, here is another fantastic restoration using one of the colors from your signature palette...amazing!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jim
Posted: 5:45 am on November 21st
LloydsLandingofSears writes: Definitely the color cue is tops on this one Brian - for this is your color, no doubt, on several of your top projects! I love that it pulls the blue-greens out of the maps and I do like the bottom drawer being the "title" of the map for a change - you just are a natural for these things. ~Mary~ Posted: 7:27 pm on November 20th
georgiamoon writes: Ok Brian,
Here is a list of what I love about this: color, style ,maps, finish. I guess that covers it pretty well. Amazing as usual!
Georgia

Posted: 7:03 am on November 20th
TinTinJunkFan writes: Love love this overhaul; the colors are wonderful together! Great job on using the map in all the right places, especially the title on the bottom drawer! Posted: 8:49 am on November 19th
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