September | 2015 | UpwithFurniture

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This is the first time I have actually painted something yellow. I love all those mustard yellow dressers one sees on Pinterest but for some reason I have never actually used the colour. Annie Sloan has 2 yellows in her colour chart, Arles, which has a gold tone and English Yellow, which is a very bright yellow. Both can be mixed with white or Old White to create different shades. I painted this antique dresser in Old White and an English Yellow/Old White mix. I was trying to get a pale lemony tone. As you can see in the pix, I imagined this as a baby dresser because this style is so popular at the moment. When I had my children in the days before ultrasound, everyone painted babies’ rooms yellow because the colour was gender-neutral. This dresser, perhaps because of the style, comes across as more feminine.

I am happy with the result but in retrospect, I wish I had added a bit of Arles in with the English Yellow. English Yellow has a green undertone which comes out even when mixed with Old White. I don’t like it much and wish it was a bit more buttery.

This dresser also had a hinged mirror but the frame was a bit warped. I decided to remove the mirror from the stand part and from the frame. I will be re-purposing the frame in another project.