Two Dressers Re-Done
My sister in law texted me last week and asked if I wanted two of her old dressers for free. Yes, please!! I knew exactly what I would use them for. I would replace a dinky dresser in Sarah’s room.
Here they are all finished.
Let me show you what I started with.
You can see from the pictures that they were pretty beat up. She’s 28ish and I’m pretty sure she’d had them since she was a little girl.
I actually loved the color of Sarah’s old dresser. But here’s the thing. I had a coupon for a free pint of flat paint. So, I used that on the dresser and bought a lacquer-type spray to make it shiny. And it did make it shiny but it also gave the dresser a tea-tint. The bottle even said that it could happen. You can see a picture of the dresser here and can see what I’m talking about. So, I went with the exact same color. I used Valspar Sweet 16 Pink in high-gloss. Why high-gloss? Because I did my son’s dresser in high-gloss and absolutely loved it! His is even glossier because it was oil based.
Here are some close-ups.
So, now I have ample storage in her room so that green basket which used to house her burp-cloths, now hides her monitor. Not sure if I’ll keep it there permanently but I like it so far.
On her original dresser, I had spray painted the hardware silver which I still really like but after seeing Jamilyn’s nursery reveal (of I {heart} Nap Time), I thought hot pink would be even better. So glad I changed it up. I used Rusto-Oleum Berry Pink in gloss.
And here is my favorite part. Background story: I saw and pinned this a couple of weeks ago. The blogger’s subway art has been featured on several blogs but it was the artwork next to it that I loved. I just loved the quote: “Walk tall, you are a daughter of God.” I am all about speaking truth and life into my children. Building up who they are in Christ will help them walk tall in life. After I’d already started painting, I remembered the quote and wanted to incorporate it somehow. I used my Cameo and cut out some vinyl and put it on her dresser. I beyond love it. (Here’s the post on how I made it).
Oooo, I just absolutely LOVE how everything turned out. Here are my before and afters.
Click here to see my vinyl how-to. Thanks for reading!