A plain piece of furniture is no excuse for a boring room. Creative do it yourself advocate Stacie Grissom demonstrates on her site Stars for Streetlights how to transform a simple dresser into a bold graphic eye catcher.
Stacie explains:
While this project is not very difficult, it is a bit on the tedious/time-consuming side. The first thing that I did to the dresser was stamp all of the triangles on the dresser as a template. Then Sean and I filled in all of the triangles with black paint. I contemplated using a potato as a stamp because there wouldn't be as many holes to fill in, but I'm glad that I used a sponge in the end because I didn't have to refill on paint as much.
After you fill in all of the triangles, add a layer of Mod Podge on top so that your dresser is sealed. I've said it before and I'll say it a million times again, Mod Podge is the most incredible stuff for finishing projects!
For full instructions visit DIY Painted Geometric Dresser on Stars for Street Lights.
(Image: Stars for Street Lights.com)
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It looks amazing. Good job. :-)
Fantastic pattern!
Cool! I like that you used the sponge because it makes the lines not quite perfect, giving it one of those hidden picture, kaleidoscopic type effects. Trippy!
this would be super fun with a variety of muted colors
Using the sponge as a stencil is a great idea. I would have totally been taping, which would have ended up as a big mess.
Clever system! Nicely done!
I recently painted chevrons around an archway on my landing...it was VERY time-consuming but well worth the effort. I also aged a pine wall cupboard in the same way with a harlequin pattern in black and white and then aged it with antique brown Briwax. it looks amazing. Painting furniture is the new rock n roll :)