Gold Foil Furniture Remake

My daughter came home from her safari to a surprise 

new piece of furniture that I had painted for her.

It was a little risky doing it without consulting 

with her, but we had talked about repainting it 

for some time.  

Forgive the poor quality - but I didn't take a picture

before I began painting, but the friend who gave it 

to her had said it was a Thomasville, and this was 

the closest one I could find.  The finish was 

exactly like this.

All of a sudden on my Pinterest feed I started 

getting all of these gorgeous gold foiled furniture 

remakes, and I knew it was meant to be.  

I started by lightly sanding the piece and then priming 

it with a white paint.  I then covered it with chalk paint 

and used two colors of aqua chalk paint to make the 

ombre effect.  

I had gold foiled the dome in my living room many 

years ago, so it was fun to do it again.  You simply use 

the special adhesive and lay the foil over where you 

want it.  Then seal the foil with a special sealer 

made for foil.  

I didn't change the hardware, except for these little baubles, 

which I got at Hobby Lobby.

I just spray painted and sanded down the original 

hardware.

I finished it off by stealing a few accessories 

from around her house!  

They got home late at night, but she noticed it 

right away and was thrilled with the makeover!

Thanks for taking time to stop by to 

see what fun we have been up to at

Purple Chocolat Home!

I will be posting this with

Metamorphosis Monday.

and

Love Your Creativity