Pretty Dresser Makeover

Meet ugly brown dresser. This dresser has been through a lot since I've known it for the past 8 years. During the summer when my sister was in college, we saw this dresser sitting on the curb across the street. She thought it would be perfect for her first apartment in college, so she grabbed it from the neighbor. Turns out it was a really nice dresser and very good quality, but just a little ugly. So she used it in college and then brought it home and used it in her bedroom in my parents' house.

Then when she moved out, my parents put the ugly dresser in the garage. There it sat all sad and lonely for 2 years. After some convincing, they made me take the ugly dresser for my guest room/craft room. Well, I was sick of seeing it looking so ugly, so it got a fabulous makeover!

First, we added 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of white paint. For the detailed top drawer, we used white spray paint and then did a final coat with a paint brush.

I planned to buy new drawer pulls for the drawers, but this turned out to be a much bigger ordeal than I ever thought. The size was really hard to find and I couldn't find even one pull that would fit right.

I figured I would try spray panting the pulls just to see how they would look. If I didn't like them, I'd come up with a new solution. Luckily, I really liked how they turned out. The silver looks much fresher and more modern and I don't mind the detailing as much.

So now we remember the ugly old dresser before...

And it's new, pretty transformation!

Glamorous and happy dresser : )

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