Milk Paint Dresser

I have been a busy painting bee lately.  Here is a dresser that I completed last week.  Again, it was found at a yard sale down the street from us. 

After a little debate in my mind, I decided to paint it white.  Then, after some more debate, I decided to paint it with Old Fashioned Milk Paint. 

Sorry, I forgot to take a before picture on this one, but it was brown, scratched, a little dated and the pulls were brassy and tarnished. 

I refinished the top and stained it dark walnut.  It sure is a decently thick piece of solid wood!

And, I painted the original hardware a nice black.

I was ambitious this time around and even painted the sides of the drawers a pretty shade of blue grey.

I find that the more you sand a piece before you paint it with milk paint, the more it sticks to your piece.  I had sanded this dresser pretty thoroughly before deciding to go with the milk paint, and I really had to sand the paint to get it to distress. 

All in all, it is one hundred percent improved! 

And I just had to share this table that I recently found.  It is in decently good shape, with the original finish, so I probably won't be painting it. But it is definitely a beauty!

It might be good that we live in a small house... because I would probably keep all the beautiful furniture that I find and never have anything to sell!

Linking to:
Primitive & Proper: POWW
Domestically Speaking: Power of Paint Party
Southern Lovely: Show & Share
The 36th Avenue 
The Shabby Creek Cottage 
The Vintage Farmhouse 
My Repurposed Life: Catch as Catch Can 
Miss Mustard Seed: Furniture Feature Friday
The Shabby Nest: Frugal Friday