Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Meet Angelina

The feedback I recieved about painting the hardware for the dresser I've been working on was pretty much a unanimous "yes you can".
If the dresser were for myself I would have painted them no questions asked. But because it is going to the shop when it's done, I wanted to make sure that the handles would stand up everyday wear and tear before I tried to sell it.

Would you like to meet her?

This is Angelina!
{I call her that because she is sophisticated and beautiful, but also a little wild and audacious...no I didn't say bodacious}.





I painted the frame my favorite turquoise hue, Ocean Breeze by Krylon. I painted all of the drawers in a high gloss black, also Krylon, then stenciled them with a zebra stripes using a stensil I made { I bought stensil plastic from the craft store and then using a zebra printed shower curtain I already had, traced on the stripes and cut them out using an exacto knife. It ended up costing me about $4. Most of the zebra stripe stencils I saw online were retailing for $15-$24}.
Once the paint was dry, I...

glazed


and distressed

Then she was perfect...except for one thing.

No hardware.

I know that I have already appealed to the masses on the matter of {painting or not painting} the hardware, but I must appeal for advice once more...this time to help me decide what color to paint the hardware. {You know how when you've been working on a project for a really long time and things just start getting blurry and you get really confused and indecisive...no, that never happens to you? Well it happens to me all the time.} Here's where you come in.

Somehow I've managed to narrow down the color options to the following three:

turquoise



black


and silver





I need help on narrowing it down to just one. So, if you feel inclined to share, I'd love your input, cause Angelina is really looking forward to getting out of the garage and into the spotlight where she can dazzle and shine.

20 comments:

  1. Love her name...it fits! I like the black hardware. Kinda fades away, so that the pattern just grabs your eye, ya know :) I love her...shes Hotttt!

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  2. I vote black or silver. The turquoise is too "matchy." I like black a little more than silver.. but I thought both looked lovely. :)

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  3. Love this! I like the black handles the best :)

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  4. Oooo, such a hard choice. Every picture I was like "oo I like that. Oo I like that too". I think the black and silver look great but the tourquoise is more fun. The black goes best I think.

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  5. BLACK!!!! The black looks awesome. The turquoise is a lil too matchy.

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  6. SILVER!!! Adds a little classy/sexy touch.
    She's a beauty!! Great work! :)

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  7. Black, Black.... makes it totally classy & rich looking

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  8. Just stopped by from Ms Mustard Seed. I love the color combination and of course anything zebra is my favorite.

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  9. I love it! Its so fun and unique....I love the zebra look I just made a rug with zebra print fabric. You should check it out!

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  10. I vote for black, awesome job. I love this dresser!

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  11. I am crazy for this piece. Definitely like it best with the black.

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  12. Just a thought> What about an unexpected/contrasting yellow, or orange, or even red hardware? (I promise I'm really NOT intending to compound your decision/dilemma further! :))

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  13. Silver. I'm curious about the comment by happy mommy, and wonder about a red color. It could be an Homage to the human Angelina and the vile of blood she used to sport around her neck;)

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  14. How about a deeper shade of the turquoise?

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  15. Two votes for silver over this way! Nice piece.

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  16. I LOVE the silver. It makes me think of an elegant woman in a vintage animal print wearing classic jewelry so she compliments her outfit instead of competing with it. Then she throws on a fab turquoise trench. WOW!!!

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  17. Happy Mommy, I was thinking the same thing! Red or yellow would great!!!

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  18. The black looks wonderful. Another color might make it all look too busy and not tie it all together.

    Less is more.

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