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Stripping Furniture – A Video

Happy Friday, everyone!  You know, that little mermaid dresser I shared earlier this week?  Well, I thought I’d give you a behind the scenes look at stripping that piece.

Here it is in progress on the deck:

small_dresser_before

With Chalk Paint® and milk paint (with bonding agent) you don’t have to strip furniture, but this piece had so many layers of paint, I wanted a clean slate. I had painted it for our guest room about 8 years ago with latex paint and it had previously painted surface then.

A while back, I shared a stripping furniture post when I was doing our dining room table.

 

How_To_Strip_Furniture

But I’m very much a visual learner and learn by doing. I thought you guys might be the same. So made you a video!  My first video ever! Hope it helps:

I guess I spoke to soon in the video about not caring about the carpet (sigh).  Due to Poppy being sprayed by the skunk we had to rip it up.  So that means I’m currently working on the sunroom as well as the living room now 😉

In case you missed her, this is how the little mermaid dresser came out:

Mermaid_dresser_after

 

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Wendy
10 years ago

This is great Danielle, thanks for doing a video! I am a visual person as well! Well done!
Wendy

Nana Diana
10 years ago

Great video, Danielle. I have stripped so many pieces over the years. The products today are so much better than we used to have. Great job, sweet girl- xo Diana

Robyn @ simply fresh dinners

Great job on your first video, Danielle! I definitely am a visual learner as well and found this very informative! Too funny with John and the dog – very cute.
Hope your weekend is filled with fun. xo

fiona
10 years ago

Great video. Isn’t stripping stuff satisfying !

Nikki
10 years ago

The video is really helpful and the dresser came out lovely! I’ve been reading your blog for tips and inspiration! I’ve been up cycling furniture for my daughters nursery. I like the french, distressed look. You have done some great work.