Green Painted Chest of Drawers Upcycled Nicely

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This green painted chest of drawers was a very elegant item of pine furniture, well-made and solid. With three drawers, it's decorated with two very fine metal drawer pulls on each drawer. They're of a good size and have plenty of reach in them. The chest also features a back plate on the top surface. Stylish and not that common with newer chest of drawers. Very useful.

We were asked to paint the chest of drawers with a dark green paint, Beverly from Farrow and Ball. It's a very popular colour for recycled furniture and always looks very classical.

Green painted chest of drawers

Green Painted Chest of Drawers is Back Home

Spare Room Destination for this Upcycled Green Painted Chest of Drawers

With three drawers making it an ideal size, the green painted chest of drawers was destined for a spare room. But, nonetheless it needed smartening up. Something that we were delighted to do.

We approached the project in our usual way that involved removal of all the metal hardware from the chest before the sanding and painting.

  • First of all we removed all of the metal work. Sometimes this is quite fiddly if the old screws are flathead and have rusted in. On this occasion they were quite simple. Typically, we replace any old screws with new cross head screws that fit better in the old screw holes. Needless to say we carry quite a stock of brass coloured and steel screws!
  • We sanded the furniture by hand using a medium grit sandpaper, and followed with a finer grain paper. Once sanded, we removed the dust with a vacuum and then tack cloths. We do machine sand when it's necessary, but on this furniture a hand sand was the best option.
  • Then we taped the drawer edges before we primed the drawers and the main frame/ body of the chest of drawers with Zinsser BIN. It's our primer of choice because it obliterates all staining and tannins in the wood. It's also effective against ink stains and felt tip colours. That wasn't an issue with the chest of drawers. But it's common with desks and tables.
  • Once everything was dry (about an hour later), we undercoated with a Dulux water-based undercoat.
  • And then we followed this up with two coats of Beverly in a Dulux diamond eggshell paint Beverly is a Farrow and Ball colour that we mixed into a Dulux paint for this job. We used to paint exclusively with the Farrow and Ball eggshell paints before the formulation changed and sanding the paint between coats became hard. Now we use the Dulux eggshell paints and other manufacturers, such as Zinsser or Bedec, for satin and matt finishes.
  • Finally, we removed the tape from the drawer edges and replaced the metal drawer pulls with new screws.

Delivery Time

This proved to be a very effective paint job for the green painted chest of drawers. Once we had re-fitted the metalwork we arranged a Surrey delivery and It now looks quite at home in the spare bedroom. Undoubtedly it has years of service ahead. And a delighted customer, and that’s really what counts.

Whether it’s a chest of drawers, a wardrobe or an old blanket box for your bedroom that you want to be smartened up with a new paint finish, than we can help. Because we can paint your furniture.

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When it takes sanding, painting, varnishing or waxing to get there, give us a call if you've got furniture that needs a transformation.

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07766 225329

Email Address

furniture@shabby-chic-surrey.com

About the Author Andrew

I'm the main shabby chic furniture painter at Surrey Heath-based business Shabby Chic Surrey. I can paint a whole range of furniture with a variety of paints and finishes.

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