Hi my name is Denise Hardy and I love everything in connection with the home i.e. Interior Design, Hand Painting Furniture, Decorative Painting Techniques and Art.
I live in Alicante, Spain with my husband in a beautiful villa which we both love and work hard on making it our home. I have been established in creating beautiful homes since 1998 and never get tired of doing what I do.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pictures of when this Dresser was in Pine - as last year, I had to purchase a new laptop because my old one 'conked' out on me and I lost a load of pictures that I had stored on it. So, I thought I would show you a couple of pictures of when it was in situ a few years ago of when we were living in Ireland and one just before I painted it in AS Emperor's Silk and of course the 'Afters' re-painted in AS Emperor's Silk.
I have this Dresser now on my top balcony at our villa in Spain. We have just finished re-painting the walls white to brighten it up a bit, hence why I wanted/needed to re-paint the Dresser. I don't like to see cream furniture against a white wall, so all depending on the colour of the furniture I also paint a wall accordingly or vice versa - change the colour of the furniture.
When changing this dresser to AS Emperor's Silk. I cleaned and gave the dresser some sanding. Then I used the Emperor's Silk straight on the dresser using two coats of paint. Then I decided I didn't want it quite as bright so I used a black glaze on top of it. Rubbing it on and rubbing some off to give it a little depth.
To make the glaze I use a clear glaze and some artists black paint and mixed together. I used about 4 of the clear glaze and 1 of the artists black paint.
You will also see that I 'changed out' the knobs - from beige pottery ones to glass hearts.
This Summer I decided to change again the colour scheme on our Top Balcony and decided to paint the Dresser again in Annie Sloan's Arles. I just wanted to brighten the colours and not to have too much red as the sofas and chair upholstery are in red too. I don't about you, but I love changing colours etc - I soon get fed up with looking at the same colours. So you will see below how it looks in the ASP - colour 'Arles' - I think this looks a lot better as it's a lot lighter and brighter colour - what do you think?
You will see below some more photos of the Balcony
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