A highboy for the boys

Hello!! How are y'all doing? It was excruciating cold today, first day in the teens, ouch!! We are expecting a big snow storm this weekend too. Looks like winter has finally arrived to New England!

Today I will like to show you a highboy dresser I bought for the boys room.
I found it at the Brimfield antique show back in September. It wasn't in the best shape, but I saw potential and much needed storage on it. 
It sat in my garage for about two months, I new its destiny was the boys room, I just didn't know what to do with it.
The beds and the dresser are blue, so I was thinking blue too, but something was stopping me. I needed time to think about it. I needed to wait until the piece let me know what to do and how to paint it. I know it sounds crazy, but sometimes I just need to be patient and wait, and listen... And finally one day Mr. Highboy spoke to me loud and clear and told me "No, I don't want to be blue, I want to be red!" Red??? I was kind of shocked, but I said, "why not?" The boys room has a lot of blues and reds, so yes! red sounds good!! So red it was. I used Emperor's Silk by ASCP. 
And I absolutely love the result!!

Here is how I started, some of the veneer was missing and it had a few boo boos here and there. 

Some of the decorative trim was broken, so I just remove it all together. 

It had this cute pearl design in the center of the bottom part. I decided to continue this design in the place of the trim. I found the half pearls at Michael's and just glued them in place. 

A couple of coats of paint, clear wax, and there you have it!!

Hope you enjoyed this highboy make over! Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!!

Cristina

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