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Use your favourite Resene timber stain and paint colours to easily refresh a dated bedside drawer unit.
These bedside drawers not only look good as new but are now completely on trend.
Top tip: Let your children help choose the Resene colours so that their clothes go in the drawers of their favourite colours. This helps children to quickly remember which drawer is for what.
You will need:
- Sandpaper or electric sander
- Resene testpot brushes
- Old soft cloth/rag (for wiping off stain)
- Resene Quick Dry waterborne primer undercoat
- Resene testpots in your choice of colours; Sarah chose Resene Permanent Green, Resene Rivergum and Resene Half Secrets
- Resene Colorwood testpot in your choice of colour – Sarah chose Resene Bark
- Resene Aquaclear Natural
Step by step instructions
Step 1 – Check for any repairs that are needed, then sand with sandpaper or an electric sander to remove any old stain if present. Apply Resene Quick Dry over the old colour, if required.
Sarah started by giving the drawer unit a good sand with an electric sander, but some elbow grease and sandpaper would have done the trick just fine too.
Step 2 – Apply one coat of Resene Quick Dry waterborne primer undercoat to the front faces of the drawers using a testpot brush. Allow it to dry completely before moving on.
Step 3 – Once the undercoat is dry, choose three colours for your drawers and apply two coats of each colour using a testpot brush. If you are painting a tallboy with more drawers, you could always select more shades to continue the ombre theme.
Step 4 – Apply three coats of Resene Aquaclear Natural to the drawers and the frame, to protect the stain and paintwork. Sarah chose this product because she wanted a totally matte, almost invisible finish. But if you wanted to go for a glossier topcoat, you might prefer to use Resene Aquaclear urethane varnish in satin, semi-gloss or gloss.
For more projects and colour inspiration visit Resene.co.nz.
Article provided by Resene. Project and images BY Sarah Herring
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