My old black drawers

Just posting this makeover from last year. I bought this small drawer unit at the Emmaus for 2 euros and decided to try a makeover in the sun.

 I found two pots of blackboard paint lying on the street in Paris and I must say that the quality is fantastic and I have used them a lot. Here I masked off the wood areas and gave two coats although this paint covered in one!

 Here I rubbed down the edges of each piece and waxed them up to give an 'ebony' sheen.

 In this photo you can see how I added some name plates bought wholesale on AliExpress for a few euros.

 Here is where I put them on top of the desk in my bedroom on which I display a lot of miscellaneous objects from different sources. The glass pyramids and just upturned candle holders and the skull bronze I bought in one of the flea markets in Sao Paulo when I lived there. The photo is of a dear friend and the plaster head of Jesus you can just about see was 5 euros in the Paris flea market.