A while back I bought an old dresser from the Salvation Army. Since our newest little treasure will more than likely be resting his little head in our luxurious over-sized walk in closest, I wanted to have a place to put all of his precious new baby things. But we also have been in need of something more functional to put our TV on... something that we could stash our movies in and hide all the TV cords behind...
SOOO... I've been working on transforming our thrift store find into something that would turn out to meet both of our needs and also look sort of fun and different...
I went to Home Depot last week and picked out a bright, barnyard red colored paint for $13.27.
I had all the other supplies that I needed already on hand at home.
And then I got started...
Above is what the dresser looked like before it's make over...
I did some sanding. I didn't want this piece of furniture to look as "finished" as our kitchen table that I recently painted. I was hoping for a more distressed look this time around.
I took off all the knobs. I was thinking that I would just go to Hobby Lobby and pick out some new knobs to add a little color and character to the dresser. But instead I decided to save a little money and just paint the ones that came with the dresser some bright colors with some simple flowers on them.
This afternoon Joey helped me set it up in our living room. Now our living room feels a lot less cluttered and I love how it adds a little bit of color to our other-wise neutral abode.
