My first attempt to paint it went horribly wrong. I painted it with a semi gloss laytex white paint. I thought it was smooth enough so I just started painting it without sanding. I even primed it first. The next day, I wanted to give it a light sand to age the piece as I often do, and the paint started peeling off in sheets! I guess like a lot of Mexican furniture, it had a wax applied to it, which made the paint not stick. I was so frustrated that I just left it there..for months...until my husband threated sending it to Goodwill because it was taking up valuable space in his garage!
So last week, I sanded the whole thing down, which was so annoying. I painted it with some flat paint I got on clearance at Home Depot. I painted the doors and drawers grey, grabbed some clear crystal-like pulls from Michaels, and an Anthropolgie clearance handle for the door. I thought the doors needed something because the space was so big and a little boring. I had this giant fleur de lys stamp for years, bought some Martha Stewat Glitter paint (which I am in love with) in Antique Silver. The pictures don't do the glitter justice, it's so sparkly! Now it's up to my husband to haul it up the stairs. I will get it filled with all my supplies and post another pic.
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