I'm so super excited about this one. I've been wanting to do stuff like this for a while, and what better to start with than a dresser from the FREE section of Craigslist!
Here's the before (sorry my photography isn't that great. They were taken on my phone):
The drawers were a little jankety (that's a word right?), and there were a few places that were separating, but overall not that bad. I fell in love with the shape immediately, so I knew i had to so something with it.
I spent about $70 overall at Home Depot, but some of that was on things that I will re-use (clamps, a gallon of antique white paint, putty, putty knife, etc.), so my budget was actually way under this in the long run.
I ended up having to use ratcheting straps around the legs, and wood glue to get rid of the separation on the left side. Then I puttied (and puttied, and puttied, and probably did more puttying). This part took the longest for sure, and it didn't help that I HATED the kind of putty I bought. I sanded the putty, but left the rest of the dresser, since I was using a good primer. I used kilz oil based primer, which is amazing. It cover's really nice, and made the latex paint I was using go on super nice with no peeling.
The whole dresser was painted with Glidden latex antique white in satin. I don't remember the color name, but it's the darkest white you can get without looking yellow. It turned out really pretty. I sanded a few edges to accent the details and antique it a little, then I touched those places with some dark stain. I wish I had put the stain on first before painting and then sanded through to it because I had to be extra careful to not touch the paint with it, which was hard, but it still worked out okay.
Here's the finished dresser:
The whole dresser was painted with Glidden latex antique white in satin. I don't remember the color name, but it's the darkest white you can get without looking yellow. It turned out really pretty. I sanded a few edges to accent the details and antique it a little, then I touched those places with some dark stain. I wish I had put the stain on first before painting and then sanded through to it because I had to be extra careful to not touch the paint with it, which was hard, but it still worked out okay.
Here's the finished dresser:
Here's the breakdown:
Dresser - Free (yay!)
2-4 in. C-Clamps @ $8 - $16
Plastic wood (please don't use this!) - $5
Putty knife - $5
2-4 in. C-Clamps @ $8 - $16
Plastic wood (please don't use this!) - $5
Putty knife - $5
1 quart Kilz oil-based primer - $7
6 drawer pulls @ $1.20 - $7
1 gallon Glidden satin latex paint - $25
Mahogany Minwax - $5
Total of $70 YAY!
1 gallon Glidden satin latex paint - $25
Mahogany Minwax - $5
Total of $70 YAY!
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