After a ton of stripping and sanding, painting and touching up, my thrift store dresser is all dressed up!
Phew. It took a while but I really like how it came out. This is what she looked like before:
What a difference some paint and new hardware makes! We started out using a paint stripper on the drawers, but soon found that just using a palm sander seemed to work much better. I’d say the toughest and most time consuming (and my least favorite) part was just getting the old stain/lacquer off. D was the one to do a lot of the sanding, my hero.
When it came time to spray paint I put on a white primer coat, then decided I’d tape off parts of the drawers and the dresser itself to leave them white. I used Valspar spray paint in the color Smoke for the parts that I didn’t leave white. I got new hardware at the hardware store and after the paint dried D put them on for me. I think the new hardware really makes a world of difference. Such a nice change from what it started with.
What do you think? I’m really happy with it! Can’t wait to get it into my bedroom and put all my clothes away!
This is so awesome!
ALL your clothes??
Beaurtiful Job
maybe not ALL of them. Thanks Ma!