Furniture Chest Simply Painted White With Gold Metallic Knobs

How to paint a chest of drawers white and spray paint knobs with metallic gold spray paint.

The combination of Rustoleum metallic gold spray paint and glossy white paint is a winner….clean and classy. When you see how I used the gold spray paint, I think you’ll be impressed. I know I am. I’m patting myself on the back and eating a piece of chocolate.

 

This is how the chest of drawers looked before the makeover. It’s a really cheap mid-century modern imitation….not the real thing so please don’t go all crazy on me.

I paid $40 for the chest at a local indoor flea market. My plan was to remove the original knobs and pulls and find new knobs after the paint makeover. More on that later.

After some thought, I decided to go with glossy white paint for the makeover. The paint I selected for the top coat is white semi-gloss paint left over from a past home improvement paint project. 

But first, I wanted to apply a coat of primer. I only brushed on one coat of primer. The primer provides a nice base for the top coat.

I wanted you guys to see the inside of the chest. See the thin wood drawer glides on the sides, and there are no cross pieces on the front of the chest between each drawer. It is not the highest quality furniture, although it is real wood.

The semi-gloss paint was leaving a lot of brush marks, so as I do sometimes, I did my own thing. I worked with what I had and figured out the best way to lessen the brush marks. I was out of small sponge rollers, so there was no rolling happening. I used my brush to put paint globs (technical term) on the dresser.

Then, I used my paint edger to smooth out the paint. Genius huh! Usually, you dip the edger in the tray of paint and then apply the paint to the surface, but I couldn’t fit the edger in the paint bowl. We use this edger when painting interior walls. It’s great for cutting in along the baseboards and ceiling.

After my workaround, the brush marks were still noticeable, but not much. You guys know that flat paint is the best for not showing brush marks, right? If you didn’t before, you know now. The semi-gloss paint I used, besides being semi-gloss, was old. I finally thinned it some with water.

Moving on to the Rustoleum gold metallic spray paint. In order to give this piece a modern look, I did away with the original hardware. I looked through my knob stash but didn’t see anything I liked. I always have wood knobs, so I found eight the same size and spray painted them with the Rust-Oleum metallic gold paint.

But I didn’t stop there. The legs got a coat of spray paint too. I turned the chest upside down to make the job easier.

How about those legs?? All dressed up. You don’t have to go crazy with metallic paint. Just a bit can have a big impact.

 

How do you like the gold knobs vs. the original hardware? Most of the time, I don’t care for the two-knob look in place of one drawer pull in the middle, but sometimes it works. I think painting the legs gold gave the chest a balanced look since the two knobs on the top drawer are set wide.

The simple white paint finish without distressing is a classic look. I know it’s hard for y’all to believe I didn’t distress the heck out of that paint.

Am I the only one who likes this look? You can be totally honest with your opinion as long as you are thoughtful and tactful in your reply. Don’t worry about hurting my feelings. I’m tough….and I do like hearing your views.

Have a great day, and as always, thanks for being here, Kathy.