Rustic Orange Dresser | Home Interiors

I've been working on this dresser for a client for about a month. 

That's way longer than I normally take to finish a piece , but the first redo didn't go quite the way we planned so the redo ended up being redone. 

Here's the before.

The redo.

(Cringe)

And the redo , redone. 

So much better!

The major persoalan I ran into was finding the right orange paint. 

The original color was Masada by Benjamin Moore , a very rustic orange. 

The persoalan with it was that since the paint already had a lot of brown in it , the dark wax and stain I used over the distressing just made it look dirty. 

So we chose a new orange , Marquis Orange , by Sherwin Williams.

At first I was concerned that it would be a little to bright , but once the stain and dark wax were put on it darkened it enough to give it the rustic look we wanted. 

Third times a charm right? :)

PS The stuffed animals used to stage the dresser where donated by Rhett. Meet Bruce the moose , Bear the bear and Tornado the horse.  They are beloved toys around our home. :)