Experiments in the workshop

 I bought this little dresser at a moving sale.  It was missing it's hardware and needed a lot of love. 

 I think motor oil was spilled on top of the cabinet

 And paint was splattered all over the piece.  I sanded the paint and oil off the cabinet.

 I wanted to try one of the chalk paints to compare, so I got a sample size of CeCe Caldwell's paint.  The sample size has about 1/2 cup of paint and costs $9.00 for this little sample.

 I painted one drawer with the sample paint.  I found the paint does not flow well as you are painting.  I use a foam brush when I paint furniture as I do not like brush strokes that you get when you paint with a paint brush.

 I took the sample of the paint down to my local Home Depot and had them color match the paint to 1 quart of the Behr Premium Plus.  It matched perfectly.

 I then pour 1 cup of paint (8 oz) into a plastic container.

 I used our 2 gals & a brush chalk paint powder in the one cup size bag.  Emptied that into a measuring cup.

 Following the directions you add 1 tablespoon water to the powder, mix into a paste and add that to your 1 cup of paint.  I painted two coats of CeCe Caldwell's paint on one drawer and the other drawer and cabinet were painted with our product.  I did paint a third coat on the CeCe drawer as I was not satisfied with the coverage. 

This is the completed cabinet.  After the paint dried, I hand waxed it with two coats of Briwax in light brown and added new copper hardware.  You can use this for storing jewelry, scrapbooking materials, etc.  Just needs a price and it is ready to sell.  Just have fun and be creative.  The possibilities are endless!!