Shabby Chic Hope Chest

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This project was pretty easy. 

The hope chest was sitting on my porch for a while,

waiting to find a warm home inside.

Unfortunately,Moisture got to the wood on top and the wood started peeling away.

1. I decided to save it and remove as much of the wood from the top as possible.

But, I wanted to leave some of the wood torn to make it rugged looking. 

2. I then sanded it a little. 

3. I painted it with off white paint.

(I chose to not poly it because I am very sensitive to smell.)

Plus, if the paint chips I can always touch it up.

I love how it turned out!!

I can totally see this being used as a coffee table too.

-----Misty

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