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.
I have had this small chest of drawers for quite a few years. It started off being pine and I initially painted it in my 'French Antique Style'
Over the past few years I have also started to use some different techniques in my painting of furniture and thought it was about time to 'change out' the style and give it a little more TLC and some updating.
First of all I gave it a good clean and sanded it down to get rid of the wax that I had previously used on it. I used 2 coats of my usual Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 primer/sealer. For me, this is the best on the market and sticks to anything and you get no 'bleed through'.
I then gave this a slight rub down with a sanding block before carrying on.
I decided to use a Satinado. I have used this paint before and it gives your furniture a really nice soft looking and hard wearing finish. I used Luxens in Rosa shock No2 - this is a bit like a 'baby pink' and used two coats.
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