I decided to write my first post about painting old furniture finds distressed blue along with some not so distressed. I just love, love, love all painted furniture and I find blues to be most striking.
Done right, just one piece of sea blue furniture can create a dramatic effect in any room of your house. You can transform any piece of furniture you own or get to a yard sale this weekend and pick up the cheapest piece you can find. Here is some inspiration from around the web.
From I'm Busy Procrastinating, above, a wood stained night stand was painted turquoise and knobs were switched out for glass knobs and pulls. Simply gorgeous!
Carrie, of Lovely Etc. picked up this ugly old cabinet at a yard sale for five bucks! She chose aqua for the color, primed and painted it, then heavily distressed it. You can see how striking this color blue can be. This piece would look stunning in a bedroom with all white bedding and curtains.
I love this little distressed blue desk shown below from beachbumlivin.com. An old desk was picked up from a yard sale, sanded down and glazed. Glaze is basically a watered down paint that stays wet longer allowing you to get an antique washed look. The desk turned out amazing and you can do this yourself by following her videos.
Meagan of Row House Nest made over a free dresser by white washing it so it looks distressed. Everyone has an ugly old brown stained dresser kicking around the house. Once again think sea blue against an all white bedroom.
Love this old Pier 1 dresser from Sweet Chaos Home turned beachy. I would have never thought to attempt such project myself but I think it turned out beautiful!
Here is the before pic. Hope this inspires you.
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