Someone told me a year or two ago that I had to strip and sand all the varnish off in order to re-paint this dresser. So I bought the paint stripper and all the fixin's and began that horrible, tedious job. Three weeks and two and a half drawers later I quit. The drawers have some detail and scraping and sanding into these edges was slow and time consuming. And I had a life to live people!
Fast forward to two months ago when I stumbled across i create's blog tutorial about painting without sanding. She uses Zinsser oil based primer/sealer/stain killer. And absolutely nailed her project...seriously, you have to check it out. Sadly, I wasn't gutsy enough to go for such a fun color. As I have mentioned previously, my attention span is short and I love changing up my decor. My brain told me I can get can so much more use from a white dresser than a teal or green like my heart was set on. (Those two are constantly struggling.) Anyway, sanding out some minor scratches and then following i create's method, I ended up with this bad boy.
You can see the untouched mirror in the background. Yuck. (We're still debating on its future purpose).
I debated forever about what knobs to use. I didn't want to use the original large brass pulls as they didn't match the look I was going for. I thought a contemporary silver was too contemporary for the lines of the dresser. I ended up getting these super fun acrylic knobs online from D Lawless Hardware.
I would have loved to get the vintage glass knobs, but my budget only ran to acrylic. I'm super pleased with the look of them, so no complaints here! I still need to slap on a coat of polyacrylic to the top so that I can be a bit rough on it. I intend to use this as a TV stand and hole up blankets and movies in the drawers. And I'll still have some room on top for my random accessories! Woot Woot!!
