We bought an Ikea dresser donkeys years ago- Oh about 10 years ago now. I originally painted it white. Now before I go any further I have to say I completely forgot to take a before shot-stupid I know! I just got so darn excited about painting the thing! As you all know by now, I love Red White and Blue. And keeping with that theme I wanted to paint the dresser Ombre Navy. For those who don't know, Ombre is when a colour goes from one level in saturation down to another with variations in between. You can also change he colour by "greying" it down as well. Before I reveal my Ombre Dresser here are some examples of Ombre:
How fun is this dresser- what a great use of Ombre here.
You know I just had to put in some yarn.
Here is the dresser:
Here is the dresser:
The colour that I started with was Ralph Lauren "Harbour"
It is such a great Navy. Very deep, Very Saturated, Very Clear. If you are looking for a muted navy this is NOT the one for you. It definitely has a very deep bluey/ slightly purple undertone to it. I started by painting the body of the dresser with the full on Harbour. I then mixed up 5 variations of the colour and painted one white. It is a white I had lying around-bought it at Habitat some time ago-again $10.00 for a gallon. The Harbour by RL was colour matched at my local Home Hardware in their Beauti-Tone paint-eggshell finish. They always do such a great job-thanks again Fran!
When I finish the bedroom I will show some more pics.
Hope this gives a little inspiration to everyone.
Have a great day
Megan
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