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Stunning decorated chest of drawers - gothic creatures design
Stunning decorated chest of drawers - gothic creatures design
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The project has taken a lot of workshop time to complete, and it is now ready for a new home, looking great with the Natural History Museum inspired drawer fronts.
These were my processes.
Cleaning throughout, before repairing. The large surfaces of this antique chest of drawers could not be saved. They needed flexible wood filler in several places and therefore a painted surface was the only solution.
The paint I chose to use was one of my favourites - a limited edition colour, 'midnight moment' in recycled chalk paint made by Dulux's community repaint brand, recolour.
The locks on each drawer front were removed and freed from all the dust inside the mechanism, then replaced. They work with the key provided but a better key would improve the lock aesthetically and functionally.
For the drawer fronts, I used 150 gsm paper from a design inspired by the Natural History Museum, called Fierce Creatures, featuring gothic styled lions, and placed the pattern very carefully, for symetry.
For the top drawers I used a gold leaf base, which I aged using craquleure products by Annie Sloan and dark wax by the same brand. I then cut out the creatures from the print and other motifs and placed them carefully on the gold leaf base.
I also used the gold leaf on the two front facing side columns of the chest, before completing the treatment with clear wax to protect the finish, followed by a light buffing to give a solid but antiqued finish allover.
I hope you like the design, and if you have any questions please do get in touch.
Thank you for looking at my upcycling work, and for shopping sustainably.



Sharon Hunt
17/07/24
"Fantastic website and customer service, cabinet as described and good quality, good value for money and regular communication contact from Upcite. The ethos behind the company is ethical and sustainable which is refreshing. Will definitely buy from this company again. Product furs in with our house restoration perfectly thank you".
Ian Jipps
07/10
"The sideboard is stunning, thank you. Looks perfect in my flat. As if it was meant to be there".

Ruth Goodison
05/03/23
"I don’t like to match furniture and love mish mash, quirky and odd looking things lol. I absolutely love them. My house is 203 years old and is grade II listed. I think it makes an old cottage come alive and puts a modern twist on it. I love furniture that tells a story or gets people talking at a house party".
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