9.02.2009

DIY: Dresser

Finally! I am finished with the dresser. Well, I have been and just forgot to snap some photos. I really love how it turned out. Being that this was my first piece to re-invent, I have learned some lessons about painting furniture. And I also learned that I am not as much of a perfectionist as I thought I would be with it.

Remember the before pictures:








And after:





(The black frames on top of the dresser will be going into the guest bedroom)

I am happy that I went with lighter knobs and pulls. We are going to be painting the room a dark gray-brown soon, and these just help the dresser to stand out a bit more. I'm glad this is over though, and I look forward to taking my "lessons learned" and starting on another piece of furniture.

19 comments:

  1. I know painting furniture is such a pain but it looks great!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wow! It turned out great - and your first time too! Aren't you so proud? I love the way it looks!

    ReplyDelete
  3. What a perfect re-mix?!? I love it - awesome job!!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. It looks great! Love the color.
    I agree...when I started re-finishing furnigure, I was surprised to find out how much of a perfectionist I wasn't!

    ReplyDelete
  5. great job! yeah, there are a lot of lessons to be learned when redoing furniture, it's complicated business!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Such good choice of color. It's a "10"

    ReplyDelete
  7. very nice. I like the knobs

    ReplyDelete
  8. Beautiful color and love the new hardware. You did an amazing job.

    ReplyDelete
  9. WOW, lovely job!!! love that dark brown color! you should send these over to design*sponge! ;)

    xo. danni

    ReplyDelete
  10. What great redo. LOVE those knobs!

    ReplyDelete
  11. What A great redo I meant. ah ha

    ReplyDelete
  12. looks great! love the pulls too.

    ReplyDelete
  13. It looks great!! I love the pulls you chose, and the paint color is the perfect pick-me-up it needed!!

    ReplyDelete
  14. I'm behind on my blog reading and trying to catch up...

    So glad to see this when I stopped by your blog today. It looks so great. I know you are glad to have it finished!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Adorable!!!! I did the same thing with my dresser since I had since well before I was born!!!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Anonymous11/9/09 09:23

    Love this makeover! Thank you for stopping by my blog today and commenting. Hope you have a great weekend...

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for stopping by!