Before & After: Large Dresser Reveal
Remember when I scored a matching set of dressers for FREE? I shared with you the small dresser transformation here. And today I will share the large dresser transformation. In case you don’t remember exactly what it looked like before, here is a refresher!
Very long (90”), very old, and very ugly. I’d like to think it’s appearance has improved since then. We removed the mirror, covered it in three coats of tuxedo black (to match the dining room doors) semi-gloss paint, and painted the legs hosta flower to tie in the smaller dresser. We have an opposites attract thing happening. Check it out.
As well as with the smaller dresser I decided to keep the original hardware. I wanted to do real pulls, but couldn’t find any large enough. And I’m actually kind of loving the vintage vibe the original hardware provides. I do plan on capping the corners in brass, so they match the smaller piece. I’ll share that update when it happens. Again, I had my doubts about painting these press board pieces but I’ve been pleasantly surprised with their transformations. It makes me wonder how many great pieces I’ve turned my nose up at over the years, thinking they couldn’t be saved. Shame on me.
Ooooh, lovely! It looks so sophisticated and like it will be really useful, too.
I plan on packing it full! That’s a whole lot of scarf/mitten/purse storage!
-Diana
It looks a bajillion times better! Great job!
It looks fabulous!! Great transformation!!
Oh wow! That looks absolutely amazingly 500,000 times better!
Thanks Amy!
Thank you Christine!
Thanks Ashley!!
You gals are too nice!
-Diana
Fab fab fab as always!
It looks much better! Great job
Thanks Kate!
Thanks Anotnella!
-Diana
Very nice. One can never have enough storage.
it looks awesome! i have never thought of painting a piece of furniture in a shade of black, but this looks awesome, especially with those two-toned legs!
This looks high end fancy! Love the legs!
It looks awesome! I love that you painted it black with the white legs!
Very Chic!
Love what you’ve done! I have a very similar chest and bedside table, and plan to attempt this with my pieces. Mine are quite ugly but so functional, I’ve kept them in a secret place!! Now they can come out in the open!! Thanks, Jillee!
It looks absolutely beautiful!! I love the old hardware on it. I found that it’s really hard to find the right lengths when swapping out vintage-ish hardware. I ended up keeping the old stuff on a couple of my pieces and I loved the look with the more modern color scheme.
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