Elegant Gray Dresser with Tone on Tone Stencil top
Elegant Dresser Makeover with Tone on Tone Stencil
I often avoid modern pieces for makeovers and prefer to stick with the older, vintage pieces. But this pair of modern dressers were brought to me by my customer looking to give them an updated look. She wanted something in the gray family but a bit fancier than just plain gray. After much thought, she decided on a gray body with dark gray top and metallic tone on tone stencil top!
Staging / Home Decor
- Faux floral arrangement
- Faux pussy willow branch
- Pillar candlesticks
- Candelabra
- Black ornate picture frame
- faux floral arrangement
- White backdrop
The Unfinished Dressers
This pair of modern dressers are sleek with straight lines and simple hardware. One tallboy and one low dresser.
How to Update a Dresser with Metallic Tone on Tone Stencil Top
This plan worked out wonderfully because I had recently been in contact with Cutting Edge Stencils who just came out with multiple new stencils. My customer chose the very pretty Victoria Scroll all over stencil for the dresser tops. Swoon! 
The dressers were both prepped and cleaned as usual and painted a creamy elephant gray on the bottom with a custom mixed darker version of the same gray on top. The stencil was then done using a foam roller, provided but Cutting Edge Stencils in a custom mixed dark metallic silver. The tone on tone of the stencil gives an almost ghost appearance. Depending on how the light hits it the shimmer appears to come and go.
The dressers with their very straight clean lines tied with the tone on tone top give an overall elegant appearance. 
As it turned out the original hardware was left unchanged and continue to compliment the updated dressers beautifully. I sure hope my customer loves them! What do you think?
For a more detailed tutorial on adding stencils to your painted furniture makeovers make sure to check out How to Stencil Painted Furniture. There’s even a video included in the post. 
You can find this stencil as well as many others at 
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Love this! Girl, where do you find the time!? Thanks for sharing!!
thank you!! During nap time 😉
Hi Kandice love the colour & specifically the two tone with the stencil, but I can’t seem to grasp the before with the after as the before photo is taller & not so wide as the after i.e. The before has 4 large drawers & 3 small drawers – the after has 2 large drawers side by side 4 small drawers – perhaps you chose the wrong before picture?
hi Denise!! Its a pair of dressers.. one low with 6 drawers and one tall with 5 drawers 🙂 I have pics of both dressers in the post. Sorry for the confusion
Thank you Kandice for pointing that out – silly me? I am a big fan of your ‘creations’ you create some beautiful furniture ?
no worries and thank you so much Denise! Im so sorry that my post was misleading.. I hope I was able to clarify in case others were thinking the same as you 🙂
What a great way to add subtle detail to a piece as well as some uniqueness! I love cutting edge stencils and their blog … the possibilities are endless with stencils! The tone on tone is lovely! Well done!
Smiles!
Terry
The Curator’s Collection & Making Broken Beautiful
thank you so much Terry! Yes, the wall stencils are awesome for furniture.. the less I have to line a stencil up the better 🙂
Wow, that is truly stunning! I’ve never had much courage when it comes to stenciling but, oh my gosh, this is beautiful, I might have to try it now!
thank you so much! It can be nerve wracking lining up the stencil but go slow 🙂
When I saw the thumbnail picture over “Talented Tuesday” it catch my eye and had to came to see it better… I LOVE it!!! It turned out so elegant!! I am not very keen about dark colors but I do really like this piece a lot!!
I would love to invite you share it with us at the Sweet Inspiration party I host every Friday to Tuesday, so others can be inspired too.
Have a wonderful week!
thank you so much!! and I actually just found the Sweet Inspiration party and linked up over at the Boondocks Blog yesterday! 🙂