In the process of redoing Alexis' room I stumbled upon my first Craigslist keeper. I loved the lines and the old fashion feel and I knew I could make it something amazing. I had also been looking for a dresser for months and was prepared to bite the bullet and buy a new partical board,overpriced, cookie cutter dresser from the furniture superstore. Yuck. This little charmer was only $45. The universe is looking out for me.
Unfortunately I did not think to do a true before picture but you can see it taken apart here.
Next I cleaned it all up with some liquid sand and took off the hardware but to my shock this jewel had been redone before with all of the hardware on so it was stuck on and there were imprints from the stain/poly combo that had been used before. So I had to hand sand (didn't work)and reuse all the hardware which was crazy tarnished. What is a girl to do but go online and learn from the internet that if you soak tarnished metal in ketchup overnight then it will turn into the beautiful brass you see now (makes you question ever eating ketchup again).
I painted the dresser 2 coats of Behr paint plus primer mixed from my own stash and then gave it a couple of coats of poly to protect it. It did turn the paint a bit yellow but I had expected that so no big deal. Anyway here are my after pics. I love it and so does Alexis. And it was a steal at $45.
Close up of the hardware. I wish I had taken a before shot of the hardware because you cannot believe how well the ketchup worked. Anyway thanks for letting me share my craigslist find now I am off to find a linky to fulfill my 12 month dream of adding a post from my own blog. Have an amazing day and do something just for you!
