How the brain of a furniture painter ticks............

It does NOT operate the way " normal " brains work as I'm about to illustrate.

Last week I did a post ( HERE ) on French Provincial furniture - and I showed this photo - sorry it's the seller's photo and if possible, even worse than mine..............

I resorted back to my Paris Grey and Old white staple and did this because I completely saw it as a changing table / dresser

Ok I have to throw a John says - Suzan says in here - it's been awhile
John was painting the bathroom ( after 3 years of asking ) and he was behind the bathroom door with a ladder

Suzan says - Excuse me John but I need to get in there
John says - Sorry - no - I'm on the ladder behind the door
Suzan says - but I really need something from in there
John says - Sorry - you'll have to wait
Suzan says - But I CAN'T wait - really - I need to get in there
John mildly curses - gets down from the ladder - moves it out of the way - opens the bathroom door and lets me in - where I promptly remove the box of q-tips
John says - THAT'S IT?  THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO GET OFF THE LADDER FOR?
Suzan  says - I have to stage the dresser now
John says - WITH #^$*@ Q-TIPS?????????
John says - I thought you actually had to USE the bathroom
Suzan says - Oh no, that could have waited.....................

and as baby grows it can used as a regular dresser

NOW - the beauty of this particular dresser is it came with a cut glass top - which turned the Paris Grey color into this as soon as it was placed

a beautiful watery shade of aqua

and although the grey and white were fine when it was on it's own

it looked sickly once the glass was on it -

So I grabbed my can of Duck Egg blue - and old white and started mixing until I came up with a color that was very very similar to that watery aqua color

John says - what are you doing now
Suzan says - I'm taking off the paris grey from the dresser
John says - I thought those were your favorite colors
Suzan says - shhhh I'm concentrating
John says - you're throwing two colors in a peanut butter jar - please
Suzan says - I'm a COLOROLOGIST..............and I have to get this just right
John says- why don't you use a q-tip to mix it up with?

not too bad a match right?  could have used a little more duck egg blue perhaps for depth - but close enough

Then I covered up all the Paris Grey with Old White

I dry brushed some of the aqua on to the handles
and still...................it didn't feel right
a quick coat of the custom aqua color was applied to all the drawers - some distressing just enough to show the white layer underneath - and she's ready to go.
Sometimes that's the way it goes - not often - but sometimes you have to keep going until it feels right.

without the glass

and again with the glass

and the evolution LOL

within 24 hours

The End.......................

too tired to drag the glass out for 1 photo - but it ties in with the color of the drawers now!

Have a great Thursday one and ALL
Much love,


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