We bought a new unfinished dresser a few years ago. The price was right, we needed the drawer space, and we had no design direction in our bedroom anyway. With an unfinished piece, the design sky was the limit! As it happened, the design sky was "natural" for a few years; I needed to contemplate my new "canvas".
Finally, I decided to paint it brown (should've shot this sooner for a better 'before' shot! Believe it or not, this brown color is actually much darker in person. The flash makes it look much lighter than it truly is!).
Then I needed to replace the stock wooden knobs with something pretty, after all, pretty knobs are like jewelry for furniture! I searched the box stores, and scoured the internet—even bought some knobs on eBay!
Had a hard time finding just the right knobs until I finally found these little gems—on clearance! Oh, the luck!
I loved the details in these knobs. Only problem was, they were BLACK and virtually blended into the dark brown color I had painted the dresser.
I like to follow other DIY'ers and a gal I follow posted about a product with which I was unfamiliar called Rub'n Buff. It's a wax/paint/finish that comes in a few different colors. You just barely rub some onto a textured surface to bring up the highlights.
I chose a silver color. After a little bit of rubbin' and a little bit of buffin', my knobs now have a pewter look to them and pop against the brown a little better. Noticeable, but subtle. I like it!
Lastly, I am applying a glaze over the entire dresser to give it some more interest and character. It's a black glaze I'm applying with a sponge brush. In the pictures below you can see the difference it makes—in these shots, I have applied the glaze to the drawers, but not the vertical surfaces.
I think it's going to look great when it's done! One thing this project has taught me—it's very difficult to photograph BROWN!
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