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Judy M so many great photos available on this web site. Type "french style dresser" in the search box under "photos" for many ideas.

janishill French grey

Katie Varga Thank you, I really like that.

patriciarhall look at www.anniesloan.com for different ways to paint the furniture.

Jan May What a beautiful dresser! Love it. I would keep the white underneath, rub a little wax along some of the edges - and then topcoat in a duck-egg blue, rubbing the edges lightly after where the wax was for a distressed look.

mzsweetpea I had the same dresser, along with night stands and mirror, it was all painted, in a sage/yellow green with a umber over glaze...loved it.....but even the Provincal gold, with umber over glaze in a red room...or visa versa......this is a WONDERFUL dresser!

feeny Agree with patriciarhall to take a look at Annie Sloan chalk paint, both as a great product to use to paint furniture like this and for inspiration ideas from their photos. And I agree with Jan May that a duck-egg blue would be perfect for the dresser, helping to bring it more toward a shabby-chic, country style.

Fabulous Finishes Inc What a lovely set - I have been finishing for years and work (and teach) with both CeCe Caldwell chalk and clay paints (100% green and created in the USA) and Caromal Colours paints - both are DIY friendly and allow you to start painting your set without sanding, stripping, priming - just clean your pieces and start painting! Check you my blog for ideas and play by play how to 's , I've even done a few you tube videos to help show technique. If I was painting your set i'd use the CeCe paints - their color choices are awesome... fabulousfinishes.wordpress.com

pupkit I love the lacey look!

Vickie Price ANNIE SLOAN CHALK PAINT, clear wax, then dark wax and a little touch of the gold guilding wax. No priming, no sanding with this paint. It is AWESOME.

jwade1085 I purchased a similar set, painted mine slightly off white and replaced the knobs with clear glass, I did paint the tops in oil based paint so they would be more durable, the body is the same color paint in latex semi gloss. I have posted my before and after photos.

trixiemom CeCe Caldwell paints are awesome, and durable!

Sheila Hi paint it black, grey. dark bottom lighter top (less dusting) use the soft furnitings for colour. think toile fabric draps, etc.

Sheila Hi paint it black, grey. dark bottom lighter top (less dusting) use the soft furnitings for colour. think toile fabric draps, etc.

judyg Energy House

A beautiful color that you love...red, yellow, French blue. I just wouldn't use the mirror. Just a little dated. Try something else, in the feel, but not a match.
Paris Mansion Antiqued Gold Wall Mirror by Two's Company®

Stonecoat Shaby Chic is the big thing in Europe at the moment, this means attacking it with wire wool and rubbing back the paint to the wood or undercoat. Very trendy aging the units gives them an antique look and unrenovated theme. http://www.pippajamesoninteriors.co.uk/2011/design-post/a-guide-to-shabby-chic-furniture-painting/

Mint Design Here are some ideas with paint, decoupage , and chalk paint. Hope they help! You can get some great looks because you piece has great lines! Have fun with it and let us see what you do! :)

nmadias9808 We have done 3 of these that have turned out great.Distressing is more work. Spray finish with a compressor after a light sanding, search painted furniture for ideas. Gray is awesome. If you paint gray and then sand off some for white to show through then seal the whole thing.

nmadias9808 love french dresser!!

decoenthusiaste Maybe you should just "funk" it up for fun! These repro's aren't the real thing anyway, so play a bit!

dcer I love the french gray idea, and chalk paint would take it to another level.

lorraineae First check the construction of the drawer heads. My mother-in-law's chest of drawers looks similar but is from the 1960/70s. The drawer heads on her set are plastic not wood.