The Tedious Trunk

A couple days ago I mentioned that I was in the middle of painting an old chest.  It's cedar and had a very dark stain that had seen better days.  I first painted it black, then a light khaki, and finally a cream color, which shown in the picture below.

I'm planning on selling this, but I thought about how I'd want it to look if I were going to put it in my house.  I decided on blue-gray stripes...

I measured them out and taped with Frogtape (which I TOTALLY LOVE)

So, here it is after I painted and distressed it.  I had some trouble with some of my paint peeling...I think because I didn't wait long enough to distress it.  I thought maybe if I added some stain, it might make the large patches look more natural.

My husband came out and said, "did you want it to be brown."  Uh, no. Hmmmm. Not only was it brown, but it was splotchy.  The stripes were also darker than I envisioned them.

 

Soooo, I mixed some plaster of paris with semi-gloss white, hoping to get a chalky look.

Of course, Emme was over-seeing the entire process.

Pre-distressed

And post-distressed (and waxed).

  

The stripes were more in line with what I was thinking...

The back

...and the top...

So there she is....she's starting to grow on me more and more.  My husband has instructed me to move on to the next project and stop thinking about it.

I'm sharing this at these lovely link parties:
Remodelaholic
The Charm of Home
kojo designs
The Shabby Nest
Serenity Now
Miss Mustart Seed
Domestically Speaking
The Brambleberry Cottage
No Minimalist Here
the shabby creek cottage
The Thrifty Home
Restore Interiors
Blue Cricket Design
Savy Southern Style
Very Merry Vintage Style

Sumo's Sweet Stuff

The Girl Creative
Boogieboard Cottage

Home Stories A2Z
Coastal Charm
Tip Junkie
Homework
House of Grace
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

What do you think, theoretically speaking, would you buy something like this?(I promise not to hold you to it!)  If not, what would make it more appealing to you.  (My husband may light it on fire it I touch it again...in the sweetest way possible, of course.)

Apparently, I'm going through a trunk phase in my "artistic" development right now...here's another one.

take care -