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Friday, November 2, 2012

VERTICAL TYPOGRAPHY


I have wanted to paint words on the front of a dresser for a while now.  I just haven't had the right dresser or come across a graphic  telling me to paint it, until this nautical one I found via Pinterest.  

Right about the time I pinned this graphic, my cousin called wanting to give me a dresser.  Yay!  To be fair, I'll be painting just about anything she wants for her new baby's room.  It's a win,win for both of us.  

Here's how it was when I got it, needing just a tad bit of work.  

Good thing that this kinda of work is what the husband loves to do.

Here it is again after he did his thing and I gave it a quick coat of paint.

Next came the exciting part, painting the words on the front!

After adding the graphic, I distressed the entire graphic and gave it a dark tobacco hue glaze then sealed it.



Loving the way it turned out.  Now to find a buyer since we live close to a lake & not the ocean. Ha!


Like always the Lord took care of our needs and sent someone who loved enough to take it home.

24 comments:

  1. Wow, I really love this! Nice job!! Liz

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  2. Wow, I really love this! Nice job!! Liz

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  3. You have done it again, and OH how convenient, I'm pinning it and you just happen to be before me at The Pinterest Party too.

    Bliss

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  4. So sweet! I love the look on the chest. Pinned it, too. :)
    Kelly

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  5. Turned out to be a lovely piece. the color is great and the stencils made it tres unique.

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  6. If I lived near you, I definitely would have taken this baby home! Love the colour and the glass knobs and the nautical graphic. You and your hubby did a great job of bringing that banged up dresser back to life :-)

    {Thanks for featuring my Kelly Wearstler-inspired craft room walls - I've added a link back to you :-) }

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  7. Clydia - Omgoodness!! I LOVE your dresser! First of all I love all things nautical! Secondly it is the perfect color and size and you did an amazing job! I found your post via pinterest, so I took a peek at your other posts. Love your blog! Now I am a follower :)

    Blessings - Sara

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  8. golly, I wish you lived here!! I have an older, kinda ugly, yellow dresser in what we call the Bunk Bed Room aka the guest room with bunk beds that I would LOVE to have painted just like this! You might just have to book a flight out and spend a week, it WOULD be tax deductible and I am sure we would sneek in some beach time! LOVE this!!!

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  9. Wow, now that's gorgeous - you've done a beautiful job (and that would soooo look great at my house) oh and I must Pin this too, for inspiration!

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  10. Wow! What an incredible transformation. The color, fonts, knobs, everything...perfection!

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  11. What technique do you use to put your wording on the dresser? It is beautiful!

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  12. I just love this! The typography is beautiful and I love the colors that you chose. Really great job!

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  13. This looks fabulous and I love the color. Nice job :) pinned and shared.

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  14. FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! You are so in my features this Sunday. love, love, love this (now come do mine will ya??)

    xox

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  15. I am overwhelmed with the awesomeness of this Clydia! BEAUTIFUL!

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  16. So incredibly cool I just had to feature you tonight on this week's Motivated Monday at BeColorful.
    p

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  17. OMYGOSH...I am stunned...this is BEAUTIFUL..what amazing work you do. Do you paint free hand..?? This is so pretty.

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  18. I am so in LOVE with this dresser redo!

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  19. Just a thought....how about adding the marine logo behind the top drawer pulls or a little of the ribbon design?

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  20. I am featuring your BEAUTIFUL Dresser. I love it.

    Cheri

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  21. Wow. This is really cool. I love the typography.

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