Graphic Black and White

I've had the itch to do something a little more "out of the box" (as if my "normal" is in-the-box!).  Anyway, I found this dresser at a garage sale this summer and have spent quite a bit of time staring at it, looking at picture in Pinterest, and flip-flopping on design ideas.  It really was a blank canvas, suited for just about anything.

It didn't come without issues.  Why do kids feel the need to leave their mark in the furniture?

No worries! Nothing that a little putty and sanding can't fix!

So I finally settled on a plan: black and white.  That's when the heavens parted and the angels sang!  See, I was walking through an antique mall a few weeks ago and that's when I found it.  A chalk paint in black!  Now I'm an Annie Sloan junkie. It's by far my favorite paint.  But Annie's Graphite is a dark gray.  Great for lots of things, but no substitute for black.  I've got a few quarts of CeCe Caldwell, too.  But she doesn't make a black either!  Well there's another sister out there making paint, Maison Blanche.  And she makes a black!

So after repairing the artwork on the top, I gave it two coats of Maison Blanche's Wrought Iron.  I painted the body of the dresser in ASCP Old White.

The drawers were painted in black, too.  Then I primed and painted the pulls in black so they would blend in.

I liked the black and white combo, but it was missing something.

See that big empty space crying for attention?  Ask and it shall be given!  I turned to my Silhouette Cameo to create a stencil.

Each end panel got a skeleton key!  And while I was working on adding graphic black and white elements...

I added a graphic image to the top, too!  It's very Art Deco!

I painted the mirror frame white, but it was too stark.  So, I taped off a stripe and painted it black.

I love it when it all comes together!

A couple of coats of clear wax and she's ready to go!

Isn't it striking??

Party Hearty-