Sunday, June 12, 2011

pink ombre dresser

Edited to add: I'm linking this post up to Young House Love's Second Pinterest Challenge.  If you want to see the dresser in Princess's room in our new house you can see it here.

Like everyone else in blogland, I saw this picture of an ombre dresser and thought hmm, what can I do that to?

Princess's dresser, of course!  Although I liked the dresser painted orange, I didn't particularly like it against the brown rug that would be in her room.  I thought about painting it pink, but for some reason it just seemed...eh.  Then I saw the ombre dresser picture and thought, ohh....that might work.

And here she is:



The light in the kids' room is terrible, I find it really difficult to take well-lit pictures in there. I feel like my photography does not adequately convey the awesomeness of my projects sometimes.

This was such as easy project.  I got a quart of Benjamin Moore's Autumn Red (yes, really, it was called Autum Red, even though Bubblegum Pink would have been more appropriate) and a quart of BM's Decorator White.  I started with the bottom shelf and painted it pure Autumn Red.  I added some white to the pan for the next shelf, and even more white for the next shelf, and so on.


I had three different containers of color going at the same time.  After I put the second coat on of those three colors, I added more white for the next two drawers and the body of the dresser.  The body of the dresser is painted the same lightest color as the top drawer.

I cannot WAIT to get into the next house so I can finally put Princess's room together.  Two and half more weeks!


15 comments:

  1. That looks awesome! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

    I have a giveaway up right now if you'd like to enter:)

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  2. That's amazing! It turned out so well! Love it!

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  3. I love it Lisa! I think I will feature it on Friday on my blog on Friday Features if OK with you.

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  4. That looks so awesome! How long did it take you to do? I ask because I have a bookshelf I am now considering painting like that.

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  5. R-it took about three hours, most of which was waiting for the paint to dry. Actual painting of dresser was probably half hour. I poured out paint in three containers (bc that's what I had on hand, I would have done all five had I had more containers), mixed different amounts of white into two of the containers, and painted. I waited for those to dry, did a second coat, then I poured more white into the two containers with white, and did the two top shelves and the body, with two coats. If I had had five containers (which was the number of drawers I needed), then it would have been even faster. It was such an easy project.

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  6. Wow, you did an incredible job. I love it!!!

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  7. Luurvely! Hmm, what can I do that to...

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  8. I love it! I've been wanting to paint a piece of furniture I have in a palette of colors like that, and couldn't figure out how to make it work. Thanks so much for explaining how you added the white paint each time...genious! I can't wait to try it.

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  9. It is beautiful. I love how the dresser is so simple that the ombre effect is just perfect for it.

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  10. Beautiful. Did you use any primer or put a coat over the pink paint? Did the paint hold up well on the Malm dresser or did it peel? I want to do something similar to mine (same dresser)but I'm worried about the paint.

    Thanks so much for sharing!

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  11. Rachel, I primed it with Killz first, and did not put anything to seal the pink. It has held up pretty well for the past year.

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