Last weekend I set myself a little project. It was my first weekend off since returning to work, so I wanted to make the most of my time even though I’d had the guts of 8 weeks off to do whatever I wanted…
The main reason for this is because I’d actually ordered the items I needed for this makeover on Amazon 2 weeks previous to returning to work, but of course because the way things are in the world, online deliveries are taking a little bit longer than usual.
I got the dresser about a month ago, after trading it with a neighbour for my older dresser (it came up in conversation that I was looking for what they had and vice versa, so we swapped), which was over 5 foot wide with six drawers in it, but it was just too wide for my room. As much as I loved my new dresser, it was preowned, so it had a few blemishes and scratches on it, so it was in need of some TLC. I got the idea when I got message off my cousin suggesting that I should paint it black and put some gold handles on it! I instantly loved the idea and hopped onto Amazon to see what I could find.
Finding the black paint was no issue— I got a tub of ‘carbon black’ furniture paint in a satin finish which is just what I wanted. My room is very industrial/rustic in style, so this was the perfect choice, as I have plenty of other black coloured items in my room for it to match with. When it came to looking for some gold handles to replace the old ones on the dresser, this wasn’t as easy. The few that I saw on Amazon were either really expensive and/or there wasn’t enough of them. I needed 10 handles in total, and handles seem to either only come in packs of 6, 10 or 12, which made it difficult as it narrowed down my selection. After a bit of looking around on Amazon, the site finally made a suggestion, like they sometimes do if they see you’re looking for particular items, and it suggested these white handles with an abstract floral skull design on it and I fell in love with them straight away. What was even better was it was a 10 pack, and it was super cheap too— £8.99 for 10 handles, with free shipping!
All that was left to do was wait for the items to arrive, which was last Thursday, if I’m not mistaken, and then I set to work on the dresser on the Saturday. It wasn’t too difficult of a job. The hardest part was sanding it down. I’m not sure what it was coated in previously, but it wasn’t that thick, but it was a bit shiny, so I needed quite a gritty sandpaper to get a good grip of removing it. Once the sanding was done, the drawers and old handles were removed, and the surfaces wiped down, I got to painting.
I didn’t have a primer to hand, and it was suggested that maybe I should prime it first, so what I did was first painted a thin enough layer of the paint onto the dresser and let that dry before then going in with the main coats of paint.
And voila, one complete makeover of a dresser! I absolutely love how it turned out, and it was so easy to do—I’m creative, but not the handiest when it comes to things like this—and it wasn’t too expensive either. It all came to a total of €30 give or take a euro or two, once you throw in the sandpaper, brushes, etc, which I either had in my shed, or picked up cheap in a local shop which sells anything and everything at really good prices.
That’s it for this week! Have you done any DIY’s or makeovers recently? Le me know in the comments, and I’ll see you all next week 🙂
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It looks so good! 🙂
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