Imperfection love! Before and After Makeover

Hello Everyone!                                                                                     Before and After project makeover... Buffet and hutch were originally dark oak then painted mint green by it's orginal owner and was tired and chippy, just how I like'm.  It as sitting sad in my furniture warehouse and it caught the eye one of my customer's.  She wanted it for her daughter's bedroom.  She had a great vision for it (will ad baskets).  So I proceeded to paint it a cream color and distressed it even more by chipping away with a paint scrapper. Letting some green paint peek through along with the original dark oak color.  My customer was really happy with the final results. 

Steps I followed:
                                                                                                           
1.  Used 150 sandpaper to scratch all areas that will be painted. 


2.  Washed with T.S.P all purpose heavy duty cleaner, diluted in water, to clean the surface area. Rinsed well with water.  ( Please use protective gloves for this procedure.  Follow the manufacturer's instructions on the box.)

3.  Painted with Behr's latex mat finish, antique white and I added plaster of Paris to the paint, it's easier to distress the finish after. The ratio I used:  two tablespoons Plaster of Paris plus two tablespoons of water (same ratio) mix well  Add to one cup of paint, mix well again and again 
4. Painted in a criss cross pattern overlapping strokes this will ad texture to the finish. Hardware was not removed so was painted over in the same color antique white. 

5. Creating a charming country finish was lots of fun, chipped away with a small paint scraper and sandpaper letting parts of the original dark oak and green paint peak through.  Passed the scraper over the paint...this technique created fine grey lines ( decorative finish happens because I used plaster in the paint).  I finished with two coats of a mat latex varnish all over including hardware.

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 Scratched surface gently with paint scraper

Did not remorve hardware, painted directly for better effect

 Painted over original hardware

Interior cabinet before