Have you wanted to paint an Ombre dresser?
Have you ever asked why its called Ombre?
Ombre in French translates to *shadow or
shade* ... so that explains a little.
I think the painted Ombre looks really good on mid-century dressers.
I had the pleasure to paint a mid-century Ombre dresser for a new member of the family.
It wasnt hard to do but I found it tricky to figure out where each color should start and stop. What I
mean by that is what color goes on what divider, or should the drawer color go on the side panels or
should it be white. To answer a lot of my own questions I referred to online photos of dressers
already painted in an Ombre theme. I took note of what I did and didnt like and mapped out my plan
from there. Everyones dresser will be different so starting with a plan will definitely help you.
To get the different shades of color I worked with ASCP Florence and Pure White.
The principle I worked with was to start at the bottom with the strongest color and work
my way up mixing more white into the last color I used.
IMPORTANT TIP:
I did not keep any extra paint of each color but made sure I had full coverage before remixing.
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| first attempt |
Unfortunately I didnt think my color graduation was strong enough through the middle
(see the above photo)
so I took drawer three and repainted it much darker, moved drawer four up, and the now
darker drawer three became the new bottom drawer. Did you follow that?
You cant always do this with every dresser but I was lucky and it worked for me.
Consider as long as you have a nice paint job on the dressers outer frame you can repaint
the drawers as much as you want and have fun with it, and most importantly dont be afraid.
I hope my tips can encourage you to give it a try.
and if you need some more inspiration check out the very well executed Ombre dressers
in my Pinterest Ombre folder: http://www.pinterest.com/firstfindsgg/ombre-dressers/
