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French Night Stand Makeover

If you read my last post, you know we have been downsizing at the lake home. If you haven't read that post, you can see it here . I found some Waverly Chalk Paint at Wal Mart, and gave the very old french provincial night stand a makeover.  I have wanted to do this for a long time, but was afraid that the finish on the furniture wouldn't be easy to paint.  Thankfully, I saw on someone's blog that it could be done very easily using chalk paint.  It was very simple, no sanding or priming, just painting. The colors I chose are, White and Moss. Here is a before picture of the night stand. before You can see that it really showed its age. The front was especially yellowed. First, I simply painted the whole piece with the White Chalk Paint, brushing on the paint on the front, and rolling it on the top and sides.  I also painted the drawer handles white. The Moss paint was a little darker than I wanted, so I mixed white with it until I had the color I wanted...