This is the dilemma I was dealing with when deciding what to do about my son's dresser. I bought this dresser from a thrift store when I was pregnant with my now 7 year old daughter for $20. It worked great for her with a changing pad on top. It sure needed a facelift though. My daughter got new girly furniture so this was handed down to my son's room when we were expecting him. Just recently (he is 3 now) I couldn't stand it anymore. I also knew that most things I would buy at Art Van or similar stores just would not hold up to an active 3 year old boy as most things are not very well made anymore. The dresser we have is a SOLID piece and very well made so I knew my best option was trying to redo it first.
I knew as with most projects this idea wasn't going away so I thought and thought about how to redo it. He has a natural wood rusticy type headboard so going all the way black wasnt' an option. I bought some paint and sanding blocks and got to work. It had some nice designs in it that I was able to bring out by painting them black and leaving it "trimmed" in the natural wood color to still match his bed. When I went to find 7" handles at home depot and lowes and ace they were special order for $30 a piece. Not in my budget at that point I might as well buy something new. So I enlisted hubby to drill two more holes and do two handles and all the handles and 3 knobs together cost about $34.
Again bad at before pictures but here is the best one I could find (I guess I never think it is going to turn out good enough to warrant a "before" picture and I am always too excited to get started and see the after)
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| Just a small section of the before but it all looked like this. The top was the worst, had lots of scratches and some water damage I was able to sand off :) |
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| Total cost paint $10 new handles $34 from lowes. |
I am very happy with the outcome of his dresser. I was nervous until I added the handles, but I think they spiced it up so the total package turned out pretty well! :)
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