Crystal from The Driftwood Home decided to go for a bold color block design with this mid century modern dresser in Hurricane and Happy Hour!

I’ve been working on a lot of rustic and distressed pieces and wanted to take a break to work on some creative pieces. I really like working on modern style finishes when I feel the need to do something different, because modern pieces really challenge you to open your mind to colors and designs. When I saw this dresser on my local offerup site, I knew it had the potential to go from generic wood to something fabulous.

My plan was to do a geometric design on some of the flat areas/ and sides, but bleed through proved me wrong. I also encountered some other issues with the surface area that prolonged the finishing of this project and in the end I just decided to scrap the designs and make a statement with color.



I am so glad that I let the colors be the statement on this piece. I chose Happy Hour and Hurricane by Country Chic Paint. These two colors are on my top 5 favorite colors by Country Chic Paint.



I sprayed three coats of Happy Hour on the smaller drawers and three coats of Hurricane on the larger drawers and base. I also added three coats of a satin Clear Coat for protection and polished off with a beeswax for bit of shine.



Even though my original vision for this piece didn’t come to fruition, I'm so glad that it I was able to make a really unique piece with some beautiful colors. I think they pair well nicely and are gender neutral. This was a true lesson that sometimes, you just have to go with the flow and let the color speak for itself!