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Tribal Dresser (Before and After)

I have a fun furniture makeover for you today!

African Head with Stenciled Drawer

I’ll warn you….

Tribal Dresser Afterthis piece is slightly different than what you’re used to on this blog.

It is edgy and bohemian and unexpected.

Tribal Dresser After in Graphite and Pure White

and I love it!

This is how the dresser was looking before:

1940s Dresser Before

The dresser belonged to my friend, Dan, of Gentleman & Daughter.  He let me do whatever I wanted to the piece which is a fun way to work.

I painted the whole piece in Graphite Chalk Paint and used Royal Design’s Tribal Stencil to add an unexpected twist.  This dresser has such a great shape – plain drawer fronts and top – that it is perfect for stenciling.

Brass Hardware and  Stenciled Drawer

I started with stenciling the drawer fronts in pure white chalk paint and decided to add this stencil going across the top and down the sides of the piece.

African Items and Tribal Dresser

Corner of Dresser

It is sealed with Annie Sloan’s clear wax.  The hardware is from Hobby Lobby and ties the whole look together along with some incredible artifacts I borrowed from Dan’s house.

The tribal stencil took this boring dresser from tired and dated to fun and fabulous.

Dan brought it home and his daughter fell in love.  It is now in her room and being enjoyed!

Updating a Dresser with a Tribal Stencil

If you’d like to read more about this transformation, I shared more on Royal Design Studios’ Paint + Pattern Magazine.  Click here for the full tutorial.

Tribal Dresser Creating this Look

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be a monthly contributor over at Paint + Pattern.  I’ve been using their products for quite some time and I’m looking forward to sharing some inspiration over on their magazine.

If you liked this dresser, you might also like these looks I’ve created with Royal Design’s fabulous stencils:

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Our guest room stencil wall

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Fleur Dresser – one of my favorites

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Jocasta desk with “thrown” stencil

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Adana done with Oyster Pearl Stencil Cream

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A fun one for the 4th of July

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Vicki of EntriWP
9 years ago

Totally different than your usual style, but I love it. That graphite color is so versatile and works great on furniture pieces. Very nice!

cassie
9 years ago

i am in LOVE and want it!!! 🙂 i may have to copy this for my guest room dresser. it’s SO cool. i shared allovah fb and pinned it because the world needs to se..

Jennifer@The Chronicles of Home

Oh my gosh, Danielle, I TOTALLY love this! And love that you went outside your comfort zone a bit with it. It really came out great, so interesting and striking and it was totally dull pre-makeover!

Donna Wilkes
9 years ago

Wonderful combination of style, color, and graphic.

Pinterest Addicted
9 years ago

WOW! This is by far THE BEST furniture re-do I have ever seen! I love it so much and I love the details of the tribal print. I may have to buy the stencil. Thanks for sharing!

Debra N
9 years ago

Love this dresser Danielle! This would be great in a children’s bedroom. Great job!

Sarah
9 years ago

Woah, Mama!!!! Is that even the same piece? This is amazing!!! Such a cool departure from your usual style and I love it! You have such vision. Black and white is one of my fave color combos:) And really beautiful hardware too!