~faux zinc dresser tutorial~

 Thank you to everyone who came out to the French Flea Market yesterday.

What a gorgeous sunny day!

It was a big success and I had so much fun.

By the time I got set up, people were shopping already so I didn't have time to take pictures~sorry!

However, I wanted to give you all a tutorial on this faux zinc dresser I did for the show.

Here is the before:

 And a close up.

I really liked the shape of it and all the detail.

{please ignore the hose!}

 First step, paint it dark grey.

 I used Annie Sloan graphite, but any dark grey is fine.

{use a eggshell or satin finish if you are not using Annie Sloan}

Martha Stewart "Seal" is a good choice.

Let dry.

 Randomly put "blobs" of silver metallic paint all over.

A little goes a long way.

 Here is the paint I used, you can find it at Michael's.

I dipped my brush into Annie Sloan clear wax and then went over the dresser with

 the "blobs" of silver paint on it.

You will get a really random appearance, this is good.

Let dry.

 When that was dry I used a little Annie Sloan dark wax and "pounced" with my brush in random areas. Then I lightly brushed in one direction.

 This is the overall look I got.

I really didn't know what I was doing, but I think it turned out well.

I don't think there is a right or wrong way to do this, pretty easy.

 I added these fun knobs from Anthropologie to give it even more of a masculine feel.

The lines of the dresser are quite feminine, but I like the mix of the two.

This dresser sold at the show, but I have plenty of things left that I will be adding to my etsy shop in the next week or so, so stay tuned!

xoxo