Saturday, July 7, 2012

Nudist Dresser Project




I went to pick up a night stand the other day and ended up with a dresser as well. 

This is what it was wearing when I got it:

Not horrible, but definitely needing some love. 

Are you wondering why I called it a "nudist dresser"? Well, I started this project with a little sanding. Most times when I'm going to repaint a piece, I give it a light sanding just to rough up the surface a bit and see what's underneath. Sometimes the crazy layers of old paint shine through and I can't even bring myself to paint over it. This was not one of those times.
When I started sanding this one, the paint just started peeling off in giant strips. 


It was crazy. I'm not sure what happened with it's original layer of paint, but that's when I realized that this dresser was a nudist and it was demanding to be stripped. 
Which is something I never do. 

Luckily, my daughter has a crazy, strange addiction to peeling paint. I'm not joking. She was in heaven with this project.


FINALLY, after two days of sanding and peeling and chipping away paint, we got it down to it's birthday suit.


Except for the top, which was just perfectly shabby and I had to leave it alone.


The crazy yellow knobs actually ended up pretty cool with a coat of cream paint and a little sanding. 


This ended up being way more of a project than I bargained for, but I think it came out pretty sweet!

SHABBY CHIC DRESSER OR SIDEBOARD
$250