painting furniture, french vintage/antique look?

queen anne bedroom decorating image

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We're moving house and I have decided I want my room to be French Vintage/French Country Vintage. This basically consists of antique style furniture, similar to Queen Anne Furniture - but only WHITE and CREAM colours.

I was going to purchase white/off white antique bedroom furniture, however due to a restrictive amount of money, I have decided to do a little bit of DIY.

This bed & bedside tables, I have decided to paint myself.
I know that firstly I'd have to sand the furniture to remove the polish/laquer, then i'd like to paint it white/off white and sand it again to remove shine and make it look more vintage.

Here is a picture of the furniture i'd like to paint:
http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z263/bubblexgumxbabe/?action=view&current=260920101777.jpg

Here are two pictures of furniture that I liked, and what i'm aiming for:
http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z263/bubblexgumxbabe/?action=view&current=250920101771.jpg
http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z263/bubblexgumxbabe/?action=view&current=250920101772.jpg

Can you help give me some tips & advice, since this furniture is expensive and I wouldn't want to ruin it. Thank you in advance.

Answer
Try here. IMO, the best on the web

http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/paint-technique-antiquing-furniture/index.html

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