Dresser Transformation

Good Afternoon, 

How are we all?

So a while ago, before I made this blog, I found an old dresser in our shed. I'd been reading about furniture transformations on a blog called All Things Thrifty, which I happened to stumble across and fall in love with. I thought: Why not try and redo this dresser? It was my first time transforming a piece of furniture so I probably did lots of things wrong, but I'm going to tell you what I did anyway.

This was what the dresser originally looked like, although I had begun sanding when the photo was taken. I used an electric sander and wore a doctors mask-thing to stop any bits getting into my mouth and nose. After a while of sanding like this, we figured out how to unscrew the top hutch section making it much easier to sand, and decided not to put it back on afterwards. 

You can see the original wood colour in this photo.

The sanding took quite a long time, but after we sanded the whole thing, including drawers, it was done. The nooks and crannies were hard to get to, so we used normal sandpaper for that. The next thing to do was to prime the wood, using a wood primer. After that we chose our colour: Wild Goose (light grey), 400ml can, from Porters Paints. This is a very good paint shop, with a vintage theme. We had to use 3 coats of paint. The thinner the paint, the more even the colour will turn out. 

The dresser after 3 coats of paint.

What we did next was distress the dresser slightly. Using a fine sandpaper, we sanded the areas that would receive the most wear, such as edges and corners. I really liked the effect that it gave. Then came the drawers. After a quick coat of primer, we painted one of the drawers with purple paint. For the other two drawers, we cut our wallpapers to a rough size. We used 2 different wallpapers, also from Porters Paints. Using wallpaper paste, we stuck the wallpaper to the two drawers we were using. 

 One dry, we cut the excess wallpaper off with a craft knife. This can be a bit tricky but it turned out well in the end. We re-screwed in the knobs which I chose, brought the dresser inside, put some things on it, and viola! 

A couple months later, still looking gorgeous! (To my tastes, at least)

I am so proud of what I accomplished, and I really wanted to share it with you. It took a little time and effort but I love the outcome of the dresser, and loved the process of transforming it! You should try something like this too, you'll be surprised of what you can achieve! 

I hope you found this enjoyable, and sorry for the bad quality photos. :)

Au Revoir xx