G-Plan Dressing Table - Paint it White!

This is a commission for a friend of mine whose teenage daughter wants her dressing table white shabby chic.

I do like the original G-Plan style.

Dark brown teak wood, simple mirrors - the legs are different!  All very 1970s. We discussed using colour but white was the order!

I'm working at their house for this job.

I gave the whole unit a coat of Old White Chalk Paint.  The 1970s box shape of the legs was really clear.

I painted the insides of the drawers in a favourite colour of mine - a soft lavender colour.  I left a light dusting of white chalk paint on the top of the drawer as an undercoat for some extra colour later.

I felt that due to the unusual wooden handles and curved shapes, the shabby sanding should be quite strong in places.  This is how she looked before waxing - I worked the handles to define the top lip.

Stopped to play with the kittens every so often :-)

I used an amethyst finish on the inside of the drawers.

Looks good and adds a bit of the bling I'm so fond of...

 I used  a couple of coats of wax and buff on the top of the dresser - you know it's going to have makeup all over it any time now and will need protecting.

 Kind of difficult to get 'the final finished' photo in the bedroom - but good to see how it will fit with that whole teenage look.  You can see how much the colour has come through from the wood once waxed.

 So here it is - one shabby white teenage dressing table!