Chest of drawers

I love playing with various media and trying to find the way to combine them. This chest of drawers - with 3 big drawers but each of them featuring 3 independent "grooves" - gave me an opportunity to mix 'n match. I decided to combine floral tissue decoupage Pretty Meadows from Redesign with Prima with light colored cane webbing. Since I wanted each "groove" to look like individually framed picture, I selected 2 paints to use on this piece: darker (framing) Blue Pine and lighter (background) Chateau, both from Fusion Mineral Paint.

I left the top stripped and unpainted for 2 reasons: I like leaving wood visible as often as I can. It makes a nice contrast against the paint body of the piece. And it gives a bit more modern look. That is the esthetical reason. And then there is a practical one: wooden surface sealed either with wax or varnish is easier to maintain that painted surface (even when sealed). No risk of stains, discolorations etc.

The final touch: new hardware in the shape of heart. One of my lucky finds on the ebay. Yes, ebay is a great source of unusual, discontinued hardware. Give it a go:-)