I am so excited to share our first furniture makeover with you! After being so bored with our Master bedroom and feeling like it was the only room in the house that had been neglected we opted to make our own customized furniture for nearly free! so lets get to it!
We sold our ikea dresser online for $140 and bought this beauty which also included a large mirror for $100 on utah's version of craigslist called KSL. With the money left over we bought some supplies to get the makeover started. So we went to home Depot and bought fine sandpaper, primer, spray paint, and brasso. So here she is sanded down and the drawers removed.
We bought gray Rustoleum 2x spray primers and a spray handle so my hubby's hands would not hurt after spraying so much.
While my hubby primed the whole dresser after we lightly sanded it was time to clean up those handles. The handles were so beautiful we wanted to see what they would be like if we cleaned them up instead of replacing them. Here they are before Brasso.
and after Brasso. Look at those babies shine!!!
After priming the hubby spray painted with a Rustleum gloss black. the same brand as the primer.
Finally we applied a polyurethane spray and replaced the knobs, and lightly sanded the edges to give it that distressed look. I Love the way she turned out. What do you think?!
After:
Before:
Wow that's a lot of work, looks great!
ReplyDeleteTurned out fabulous! Thanx for sharing and linking up to Treasure Hunt Thursday!
ReplyDeleteThat hardware is awesome! Great job on a huge dresser:)
ReplyDeleteThank you girls! It was a lot of work but we loved the turn out. Thanks for coming to see my blog. Hope to see you again!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome. I have been chomping at the bit to try something like this, but didn't know where to purchase an older dresser that would be cheap enough to warrant the fix up cost. I have never used craig's list, but I guess it is time to learn. I love the dresser and your blog. I am a new follower.
ReplyDeleteThank you melissa!! I need to post our nightstands, my biggest suggestion would be to look online at craigslist but to also shop thrift stores and yard sales, its almost that time again. So go early and go frequently. Im sure you'll find the perfect piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you melissa!! I need to post our nightstands, my biggest suggestion would be to look online at craigslist but to also shop thrift stores and yard sales, its almost that time again. So go early and go frequently. Im sure you'll find the perfect piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you melissa!! I need to post our nightstands, my biggest suggestion would be to look online at craigslist but to also shop thrift stores and yard sales, its almost that time again. So go early and go frequently. Im sure you'll find the perfect piece.
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