Saturday, February 18, 2012

Turquoise and Glaze

Anyone else who feels the need to glaze? It just makes a huge difference from a flat finish to a fantastic finish especially when there are carved areas that should pop and not get lost. I found this beauty of a dresser on CL a while back. The carvings on it are amazing! The disaster of a garage in the background not so much.

There were a couple of carved pieces missing so I used this method to replace them.

Usually I glaze the entire piece but this one I decided just to highlight the carved areas and recessed trim with glaze.


Love what glazing does.






I really love this one. The wood top is so pretty and happily didn't take long to remove the old stain. I gave it a fresh coat of Minwax Dark Walnut. The paint color was a concoction of oops paints left over paint from my new bathroom color. I'll post about that soon....changin' up the bathroom on the cheap.




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15 comments:

Katie @ Wildwood Creek said...

Beautiful color, glazing and love the wood stained top!

Allison@FabRehab said...

So incredibly pretty, Sue!! I love how you only glazed the details! Fabulous!

Doubletake Decor said...

I LOVE it. Just glazing the details was brilliant!

Chrissie said...

This piece is amazing. My favorite piece of yours ever!!! And I love your pieces. I am there with you on that glazing!

Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. said...

Beautiful! Love the way the glaze brings out the details. I know dark wax is all the rage now, but I still prefer using glaze.

deborah@confessions of a craigslist junkie said...

It turned out beautifully, and glazing just the details was brilliant! I'm with Sharon, I still prefer glazing to the dark wax.

foreverdecorating said...

Whoa, a gorgeous piece of furniture!

Kim @ A Brush of Whimsy said...

Oh, how beautiful, Sue! How will you ever find it in your heart to sell this one???

Tracy said...

That is just gorgeous, I absolutely love the woodgrain and the glazing is perfect. Lovely.

Sonia said...

Wow this is gorgeous..love the color and the style..great job!
Miss Bloomers

Cassie Bustamante said...

STUNNING!!!!!!!! that wood top is gorgeous!

Dee said...

I love the color & the glazing is amazing. Sometimes it's best to only glaze the details. Nice job! Dee

Kathy Owen, Petticoat Junktion said...

This is such a beautiful piece of furniture. You did a great job. Found you through Cassie at Primitive and Proper, Kathy, Petticoat Junktion

Noble Vintage said...

absolutely yummy!!!! love the details that the paint and glazing brought out. amazing.

Unknown said...

Oh what a gorgeous piece and you really brought out the details. I'm following now and putting your blog in my sidebar so I don't miss a post.