DIY DIY Media Console: How To Paint & Stencil Furniture

Today I'm sharing my piddling media console that I painted alongside my diy chalk paint!

I've been inwards desperate postulate of something to concur our TV until nosotros larn around to mounting it on the wall.  So, I did a piddling Craigslist perusing the other hateful solar daytime as well as came across this piddling treasure for $20.

It was hideous.

However, I actually liked the shape, as well as for $20 I knew I could plough it into something decent to larn us yesteryear for awhile.

After taking it habitation as well as cleaning it upwards a bit, I took the drawers out, sanded it downward actually good.

Then I primed the it. It took several coats.

I used Kilz to comprehend upwards whatever stains as well as smells, as well as to brand certain my chalk pigment was extra durable.

Then painted it alongside ii coats of Behr 'Creamy White' inwards that I converted into chalk paint. You tin skip the priming as well as sanding if y'all actually desire to when using chalk paint. However, I knew this dresser was going to larn a lot of wearable as well as tear, thus I went ahead as well as did extra prep work.

Then I got a piddling creative as well as used some leftover metallic element pigment as well as a stencil to spruce it upwards a bit.

I decided to occupation the stencil on the purpose underneath where the knobs become on each drawer.

I used a piddling spray adhesive as well as some record to secure it, as well as and thus used my roller to curl on the Martha paint.

I ended upwards alongside a cute piddling stenciled item on each drawer.

Then, I used some old brass knobs that I had pulled off another old slice of furniture a long fourth dimension ago. They were hideously brass, exactly I loved the shape of them. Using a dyad coats of Oil Rubbed Bronze, I was able to brand them await fresh as well as updated.

Ultimately I decided to get got the legs off of the dresser thus that it would last a improve pinnacle for our living room. I kept them though, thus that I tin provide this dresser to its onetime glory when I'm create to sell it as well as upgrade.

I mean value it's a non bad solution for now, as well as fits good inwards our living room.

Thanks for joining me! Don't forget to pivot this post thus you'll get got it when it's fourth dimension to pigment your ain furniture!

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