![]() Next order of business was to select new drawer pulls to replace the original ones I brushed on two coats of the the pale gray color and I was finished. Have you guys ever tried to pick out a white color for your walls? I think there are as many shades, tones, variations, of white as there are stars in the sky. In fact it looks white until you take a look at the paint in a white container. The topcoat/paint is a mixture of Martha Stewart Vintage Décor Paint in Wedding Cake Color and Smoke Color (Amazon) to make just the palest gray color. Recently Glidden Gripper has changed names to PPG Gripper (new company I guess). ![]() Of course in this case white would have been fine. White sometimes doesn't cover well depending on the top coat paint color. I prefer to use Glidden Gripper Primer and I have it tinted gray. This way I had a solid uniform color base for the top coat. I needed to prime the chest since the raw wood was such a sharp contrast to the stained finish. When painting a chest like this you can either paint the top edge of the chest or not paint it. I told you guys I'm lazy! I removed the original hardware (never to be seen again), puttied the holes where I removed the end pieces, and stuck painters tape around the top rim of the chest where I didn’t want yucky looking paint edges. Changing that detail would have took a lot more work than I was willing to get into. I’m not crazy about the curved bottom panel either but I left it as is. Kind of a old style country look that really dated the piece. Those things were driving me nuts so I took a hammer, putty knife, and screwdriver and got rid of them. ![]() You guys might have noticed the curvy details on each end of the front. A little pricy for my budget but the chest is a great piece. It cost me $50 by the time the buyers premium was added to my final bid. I decided to save the original finish on the top of the chest because it was in good condition and I like the two tone look. How to change the look of an old cedar chest with paint and new drawer pulls
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