Before the movers show up tomorrow and pack our stuff up in a truck, I thought I might show you the dresser makeover that I started, oh forever ago.
Here’s hoping the new paint job doesn’t get chipped in the move…
If I had known how ridiculously better this dresser would look, post-makeover, I wouldn’t have spent the several months it took me to get the guts to paint it. I can’t believe that I thought this:
might be better than this.
I further can’t believe what a little paint and hardware can do to completely transform a piece of furniture.
I am having to physically resist the urge to go ahead and paint every single piece of furniture in my house.
They are packing up our house tomorrow, after all.
A few observations from the project:
1.Krylon is just as much the bomb spray paint as every DIY blogger tells you it is. It’s not just because they are sponsored by them. It really looks profesh. I will NEVER go back to the paint can and a foam roller method again.
2. Krylon Fusion is the bomb, because you don’t have to prime.
3. Buying 20 drawer pulls can get a little pricey, but it’s still cheaper than buying a whole new dresser. Thank you Lowe’s for having a way better selection than Home Depot. (And for selling these babies for less than 3$ a pop.)
4. It takes about 13 cans of spray paint to cover a dresser this size, it’s accompanying mirror and 2 nightstands. My index finger is still sore.
5. Using 13 cans of spray paint in your garage (even with the door open) will cover every. single. surface. in a white dust that is a little difficult to sweep up. (Yes I put down a plastic cover)
6. You can still use spray paint even if you’re not within the temperature suggestion of 70-90 degrees. In fact, even if you’re 20 degrees above it. Like 110. I’m sad to say I know this from experience.
Drenched. In. Sweat.
Oh, and so you don’t think the nightstands are the ugly step-children:
They turned out just as lovely.
The end.
Happy Wednesday.
Wow, those did turn out lovely! Hmmm, what can I spray paint around here…. :)
I love a good furniture make-over! They look awesome!
Amazing! Makes me want to hit garage sales or Goodwill and find something like this. LOVE IT!
Wow, what an amazing job you did! I REALLY need to try this – thank you for the tip on Kryolan!
Looks new! amazing face-lift for the tired old dresser. Straight out of an interior designer magazine I say :)
That looks beautiful! I love to paint furniture and give it a new life. You never know when you might re-love something you’ve grown less fond of.
Those look awesome! I just re-did a roll top desk and painted it with a paint brush…It sucked so, thanks for recommending the spray paint!
This is beautiful. I am in love with the white right now. I have re painted all my picture frames and side tables! so country classy.
what a transformation!
Simply beautiful, the room looks awesome. And I’m loving the alarm clock on your night stand!
This is beautiful. I do have a question, did you do a top coat of clear at all? Or did you just use the white spray paint?
BEAUTY!!!!!!!
Was this your first spraypaint experience? i have a few cans of Krylon in a yellow, but I am so scared. I’ve had bad experiences.
Tres jolie, Cori!
I’m a spray paint addict, too. Have you thought of getting on of those Snap and Spray handles they use on HGTV all the time? I need to get one of those for my next big project.
Here’s hoping your index finger feels better soon! :)
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Looks so fresh and pretty, I love it! Nice work! I have an old dresser (circa my teen years) in my guest bedroom that I am dying to paint. Did you rough it up with sandpaper first or just go straight to the Krylon?
Wow those are stunning! I bet they really brighten up your room.
Good job! I am loving white furniture. I realized that after I bought a full bedroom set of black furniture! UGH!
That looks fantastic! Such a good idea…I think I should give my wood furniture a white makeover, it would match my room so much better.
Looks great!!!~
I SO LOVE THIS PROJECT!
I have to do the same to my vanity, which is composed of a mirror and an old desk. If I ever got around to paint them, they’d look très adorable!
You kind of gave me a push. I’m also about to embark in a big fat out of state move.
Good luck!
xoxo
Ana Paula – Pretty in Polka Dots
Looks great!! I just painted my dinning room table and I think I have lost all feeling in the tip of my index finger :(
OMG so pretty! Love!
Wow it looks soooo good! great job!!! i had my first furniture spray paint experience not too long ago too and my reaction was pretty much the same as yours… ‘i am never going back to rollers and brushes!!’ ;p
xo
dana
thewonderforest.com
It turned out so beautiful. Thanks for linking to the Home Decor and Organizing Link Party. I’ll be featuring this.
AMAZING!!!!! Now I’m eyeballing my furniture!!!! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm im’a start a project before my baby #2 arrives! LOL
Love It!!! I’ve been dying to do something like this but just don’t have the guts!
I love this and am going to refinish a dresser. I can’t find Krylon Fusion! I looked at Home Depot and Lowe’s. Any suggestions?
Your new best friend…
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Hello! Did you sand it first at all!? I’m DYING to paint our bedroom furniture!!!
I didn’t sand it first. Just cleaned it!
Oh my gosh…. I cannot WAIT to get my hands on my bedroom furniture! I looked for Krylon at Home Depot but didn’t find it. Any idea where I can find it?
Beautiful job by the way and I love your blog!!
you can find krylon fusion at walmart. I think sherwin williams also carries it.