Repainting an Old White Dresser; Awesome Craig’s List Find
Erin at 3 Meadow Lake Cottage has made a wonderful change to an old white dresser.
I FINALLY finished the rehab project on my Craigslist dresser.
It was hard work.
But it only took me 3 months 🙂
Here’s a reminder of how it looked when I bought it…
It was in such sad shape: peeling paint, missing knobs, red stains from an unknown substance, and drawers that didn’t work.
But it had great bones.
So I scraped
and scraped
and scraped.
Then I sanded
and sanded
and sanded.
Then I painted two coats of primer and three coats of semi-gloss white paint on it.
I managed to fix almost all of the drawers glides by using a screw driver to some WD-40.
I only had to replace one of the glides because it was beyond repair.
Thank goodness because they run about $5.00/each for new glides!
After scrubbing the heck out of the insides of the drawers to get them clean,
I added some contact paper {from Target} to the bottoms to make them look super crisp and clean.
I picked out and ordered some classic oil rubbed bronze knobs and handles off of Ebay
{Ebay has GREAT deals on cabinet hardware if you are ever in the market for some!}.
I chose hardware that looks really simple and classic since there are a lot of details on the dresser itself.
And after ALL of that hard work, here is how the dresser turned out…
Here is a before and after for comparison…
Oh and here’s my old piece-o-junk that it replaced…
Much better, don’t ya think??
{Hopefully I can get someone to buy that old thing!}
I am so in love with how it turned out.
Thank goodness I didn’t toss in the towel half way through the project.
In the future, however, if I see a piece of furniture that needs massive rehab like this one did,
I probably will run the other direction!
Here’s the cost breakdown:
Dresser: $20
Stripping Supplies: $36
Paint Supplies: $37
Knobs/Pulls: $20 {included shipping}
Contact Paper: $5
Drawer Glide: $5
TOTAL: $123
My new dresser kinda reminds me of the one of been drooling over at Pottery Barn…
Except that one is priced at $1,199.
I think I like mine better anyways.
Wow I can’t believe the savings! Wait, I can!
Great job on the white dresser rehab!
>Oh I adore this!!! It turned out PERFECT and look at that deal!!!
>It looks very much like the Pottery Barn dresser!
So much infact, I thought there was one last
picture of your refinished one! Beautiful job!
Jane
Flora Doora
>Really Really Nice!! I love the style, color, knobs – pretty much everything!
>I've got to be totally honest. I like the dresser you refinished better than the Pottery Barn one….
Great job!
>I love it…thanks for the inspiration 🙂
>I think your dresser looks better than the PB one. Much more character. Thanks for sharing.
Traci
>Your dresser looks A-MA-ZING! Way to go! Thanks for the inspiration and where to buy good deals on hardware. 🙂
>Love it! What a great transformation!!
>What a great job you did on the dresser!! What an awesome makeover-fantastic job!! Enjoy!
>Great job!! This looks phenomenal!
>So cute! I'm on the prowl for a new dresser in our bedroom and this is great.
>This is certainly beautiful, but part of me would like to see a light glaze over the white paint to bring out all those pretty dimensional details on the top drawers. Still, it's an improvement over what it used to be!
>WU HOO! Thanks for featuring my project – I SO appreciate it 🙂
>Wow you've done a terrific job! It really was in a sorry state of affairs to begin with. It looks gorgeous now, and soooo expensive.
Megs 🙂