How To Create A Restoration Hardware Faux Finish

We love this faux paint finish so much we're adding it to our awesome layering paint resource page! Learn how to create an easy DIY Restoration Hardware faux finish for your own furniture. Our step by step tutorial walks you through how to layer and dry brush metallic paint onto your furniture to create your own layered zinc finish that will fool even the choosiest of friends! Save yourself some big money and create your own Restoration Hardware knock off!

I'm not willing to pay several hundred dollars or even a $1000 for a piece of furniture from Restoration Hardware. 


Unless I need a new sofa or mattress, the thought of paying an inflated sticker price for brand new furniture makes me ill.


But, just because I'm not willing to spend a lot of money on furniture doesn't mean that I don't want the look of high end furniture in my home! 


What if you could have both?! 


Today, I'm going to show you an easy tutorial for a DIY Restoration Hardware finish that will leave your family and friends guessing how you got such a neat layered zinc finish...

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Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company Green Painted Dresser

Learn how to paint your furniture using Old Fashioned Milk Paint! Tavern Green is one of my favorite Old Fashioned Milk Paint colors. In this green painted dresser makeover, I'll share with you some of my very best milk paint tips and tricks!

Hi Friends! Today, I'm sharing a quick painted dresser makeover in one of my very favorite colors... Tavern Green from The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.

It's one of my favorite paint colors from The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.


In this post, I'll share with you how to mix the milk paint powder, how to prepare and apply Old Fashioned Milk Paint to your furniture and where you can buy milk paint at.

Save This Milk Painted Dresser To Pinterest

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25 Incredible Painted Patriotic Furniture Makeovers Celebrating The Red, White & Blue!

You are bound to be inspired with these 25 AMAZING Patriotic Furniture Makeovers! These furniture projects painted in red, white and blue furniture paint are sure to get you excited for your Memorial Day weekend or Fourth of July celebrations!

The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. 

I love the REASON behind this holiday! It's the chance to celebrate our beautiful country together with friends and family, BBQ and eat corn on the cob and the ultimate highlight of the day... sitting next to my family to watch some amazing fireworks go off! 


In celebration of this remarkable holiday,  I have 25 INCREDIBLE DIY Patriotic Furniture Makeovers to share with you! 

PIN NOW SO YOU CAN SAVE IT FOR LATER!

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SALTWASH™ PAINT ADDITIVE FOR A UNIQUE FURNITURE PAINT FINISH

Saltwash™ creates a unique paint finish for furniture. This Saltwash paint additive can be combined with any kind of paint to create a beautiful distressed and worn paint finish. 

If you're curious how Saltwash™ works you are in for a treat! We're sharing step-by-step instructions on how to use Saltwash™ along with our favorite salt wash paint tips and tricks! 

We also have a helpful Saltwash™ video demonstration AND we're sharing our very favorite Saltwash™ projects to give you all kinds of ideas!

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SALTWASH™ PAINT ADDITIVE!

Summer is here and if you're like me you'll agree that there's nothing better then spending some time at a pool, lake or beach to relax and unwind, read a book or enjoy making memories with friends and family. 

In this post we are talking about how easy it is to create DIY coastal weathered furniture and home decor using Saltwash™.  

Someday, I would love to have a lake house or beach front property. It's on my bucket list! ;) If you're looking to create DIY coastal home decor to go with yours, we can help!

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The Darla Dresser

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Good Morning! Are you ready for a quick before and after? We're over at Country Chic Paint today talking about how we transformed this ratty scratched-up-door-fall'n-off changing table/dresser combo..

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The Charouleau Bedroom Collection

** I received Country Chic paint to complete this furniture makeover, however the opinions and thoughts expressed here are 100% my own. 

A Seventies Intervention

Oh good golly would you look at this?! You may have passed up a bedroom set just like this at a garage sale. What, why!? You don't think it's pretty? ;) Okay, you're right. It's hideous but ah, come on... it has the bones to be love-e-lee. We're going to transform this bedroom set into something spectacular for just $25. Yep, you read that right. Twenty-five, one dollar bills. With just a little paint, this bedroom makeover is going from drab to fab!

Take a gander at the hardware. They are exquisite, but they get swallowed up in the existing wood finish. Care for a close up? Friends, they just don't make hardware like they used to!

They also don't make wood like they used to. ;) I'd rather fix up an older all wood set any day then shell out $$ for a new set that may or may not contain particle board.

We unscrewed all of the hardware, grabbed a paint brush and some Country Chic Paint in Vanilla Frosting and went to work. After two and half layers of paint, we gave it light distressing and put it back together.

And Voilà! In no time at all, a new bedroom set was born. 

Isn't it amazing what a little paint can do!
Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street

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Country Chic Guest Post: The Thompson Dresser

*Country Chic Paint provided me the paint supplies to create and design this furniture makeover and DIY project. All of the opinions and thoughts contained in this post are honest and 100% my own. 

I am excited to be able to share another Guest Post at Country Chic Paint today! I decided to go big & bold or go home with this next transformation! I found this Old World dresser at my local thrift store. It possessed nine clean drawers and amazing hardware and it had me at swirl.

What it lacked in height, I could give her and what it lacked in color... well my heavens, I could fix that too!

If you haven't yet tried Country Chic Paint before, you're really missing out! Country Chic Paint is a chalk and mineral based paint that goes on so smooth, dries quickly and produces such a beautiful finish. It's really one of my top three favorite paints to work with! 

I decided to put Country Chic Paint to the test. Could I really push the limits and complete a dresser transformation with just one pint of paint? I was a little nervous. Then, I reminded myself that the theme for this project was "Go Big and Bold or Go Home", so I went for it!

Not only did I have enough for this long dresser but I still had a little bit left over for some DIY Art Work. I think that says a lot about the quality of their paint. If you missed it, hop on over and check out this DIY Hand Painted Sign shown below photos that I made with my left overs. ;) 

Before I opened up my can of Fresh Mustard paint, I added bun feet to the bottom of our dresser. If you're interested in learning more about how to add legs to furniture, you can check out our full tutorial here. To keep with the Old World look, I opted to give it a heavily distressed finish. But, I didn't use sand paper and I didn't use a wet rag to accomplish this. Instead, I used a Reverse Distressing technique explained here in our Guest Post. 

From drab to fab, The Thompson Dresser is brighter, bolder and a little bit taller. 

Encouraging you to do something Big and Bold this week! If you do, please leave me a link in the comments, I'd love to see what you come up with!

Take Care!

Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street

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The Carolina Dresser and A GIVEAWAY

This little furniture makeover has my heart. She is staunch. She is feminine. And she has curves for days. Behind that cute delicate door are three more drawers. Those legs make my heart pitter-patter.

I've had my eye on this lovely dresser from Anthropologie for some time. But sadly they would like me to empty my pocket book to the tune of $1300.00 for it. So, I'll continue to gawk at it and use it as inspiration instead. :)

Anthropologie

Have you heard of Prairie Colors Chalk Finish Paint before? It's a newer paint line that gets its color pallet inspiration from The American Heartland. Prairie Colors offers a beautiful color selection, the chalk finish paint goes on smooth, it has fabulous coverage and it's so easy to work with! With my Anthropologie inspiration and my love for Prairie Colors in tow, I decided to use Prairie Colors in Telegram to refinish The Carolina Dresser.

Would you like to try Prairie Color Furniture Paint for FREE?

Yes, FREE.

Then, you're in the right spot! In celebration of Spring, Prairie Colors is offering a fantastic giveaway valued at $35.00!

Your prize?

- Two (2) Sample sizes of Prairie Colors Paint in Wild Rose and Spring on the Prairie 
- One (1) 16 oz. jar of Prairie Colors Paint in Cobalt Blue

What would you use all that FREE paint for? Would you paint a piece of furniture? Dress up some picture frames? Lamps? Create pallet wood art? The options are endless!

Here's how to enter:

1. Follow Thirty Eighth Street on Instagram and tag three friends.
2. Like Thirty Eighth Street on Facebook


When you've finished, hop on over to the lovely Stacy at Anastasia Vintage and Kelly at Typically Simple for TWO more Prairie Colors Giveaways!

Thirty Eighth Street will select a winner on April 4, 2015. Winner will be notified via Instagram and will also have an opportunity to feature their completed project(s) using Prairie Colors at Thirty Eighth Street. And we can't wait!

Happy Entering!
Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street

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Pink Chalk Painted Card Catalog Dresser

I've had some extraordinary luck finding some wonderful pieces lately! I picked up this gem last week and was excited to break open a new can of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® in Scandinavian Pink, but before I could do that I needed to make a decision on the hardware. Although these French Provincial handles were true to the piece, it wasn't grabbing me.

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The Melinda Bedroom Collection

Would you let this furniture set walk into your house?

What if you could fix it up?

The construction and lines are there. How about the color and hardware? Yawining? Yeah, me too.  Four letters... D.R.A.B. And although I love the existing gold trim, in my personal opinion there was a little too much of it. We are bordering on goddy.

My plan? I'll keep the gold lines along the drawers of the dresser and on the legs and feet of both pieces and I would add some gold back to the hardware. Everything else would disappear in a silky smooth layer of turquoise.

Before you ask about the color I have to apologize. I don't have exact measurements for this turquoise hue. It was a little bit of trial and error on this project by dumping in a little Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan in Florence, Provence and Aubusson Blue and giving it a good mix. These pieces were finished off with both clear and dark wax. A little bit of paint went along way for these pieces.

Ms. Melinda, you're breath taking!

Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street

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Reverse Paint Distressing Technique With Chalk Paint®

Did you know that you can distress a piece of furniture as you're painting it? It's called the Reverse Paint Distressing technique and it's No. 5 of our 7th distressed furniture tutorial series.  

If you're painting a furniture piece with lots of details & some chalk paint® you can achieve a distressed look without using an ounce of sand paper! 

Put yours away... It's messy, time consuming and if executed improperly can sand away your original wood undertones. This is easier!

There are several different methods that you can use to distress furniture. 


Reverse and wet distressing are my two very favorite go to furniture distressing techniques. Both of them require zero sand paper, messy vaseline or wax!

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The Taylor Dresser

I love One Kings Lane. I'm a subscriber even though my wallet can't afford them. That makes me a One Kings Lane window shopper. ;) It also provides some much needed inspiration! So imagine my surprise when I happened upon this beauty late one night. And then my gasp when I looked down and saw that price tag. $2295- Wowzers! I couldn't resist so I peaked...somebody apparently has that kind of money because it has already sold.

Can you believe that I had one of these sitting unfinished in my garage? Yes. The. Same. Exact. Dresser. 

This beautiful piece was refinished in Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan in Old White and the hardware received a good Brasso cleaning. Thanks for the inspiration One Kings Lane!

Making something pretty doesn't have to cost a fortune! I'm grateful I was able to create one at a fraction of a fraction of that cost. ;)

Now, it's your turn.. go and create something for YOU!
Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street

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The Manchester Dresser

Oooooh it feels good to be back with my brush in hand! Oh, I have missed you! We've taken a long siesta to do some traveling, moving and house projects over here. But, it feels good to be back in the saddle to tackle some long awaited furniture makeovers.

I love thumbing through my Restoration Hardware catalogues. Just about every page is eye candy for me. I just wished their prices matched my wallet! It has a permanent spot on my coffee table and I enjoy thumbing through it to look for inspiration for future projects. I'm currently obsessed with this bookcase. I'm digging the dark grey hue that's paired with the gold/brass tones of this particular space.

Source: Restoration Hardware

I
 came across this vintage dresser at an estate sale. It was in excellent condition except for some scratches and a bit of wear. I love those kinds of makeovers!

Check out these handles... they were dark. The handles original patina was masked under I don't even know how many years of age and dirt.

Lucky for me I know about Brasso and the toothbrush. Works like a champ every time. I didn't have to scrub very long before its original shiny self decided to come out and play.

Look at the difference! That Brasso stuff is really amazing!

I refinished Mr. Manchester in a custom color mixing 1 part Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan in Graphite and Coco and finished him off with Clear Wax. And here he is all put back together...

I'd love to see someone purchase this RH inspired piece and customize it as a bathroom vanity. That would look FABULOUS!


Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street

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