Fabric Inlaid Dresser
Hi there Hometalk Friends! Are you up for a little furniture makeover? Today I'm sharing the makeover of one very brown thrift store dresser.
Here it is before:
Here it is before:
And after:
Now I know we get fussed at sometimes when we paint perfectly good wood furniture, but the top was actually laminate. I'm not sure why that was so popular at one time?
To really make this piece unique, I added one of my favorite fabrics (from Hancock Fabrics) to the drawer panels.
I used a rotary cutter and a straight edge to get nice straight cuts, then I handled it as minimally as possible to reduce the chances of fraying. I attached the fabric to the fronts using Matte Mod Podge. I just brushed it on each drawer front like glue and attached the fabric.
I kept the original pulls, but spray painted them using Rustoleum's Heirloom White:
I used a 220 grit sand paper to rough them up a bit.
The dresser itself is painted using my favorite go-to chalk paint recipe. See the link to this post on my blog at the bottom for those details.
I love the results. It hardly looks like the same dresser!
I also completed a matching night table. See that and more at the link below! Have a great day!
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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Just curious.Why did you leave the top drawers plain.I would have done all of them.Its beautiful, but to me it needs all drawers the same.
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Love the fabric on drawer fronts. Thanks for posting this idea. I will be looking for a dresser for my granddaughter so i can try this myself.
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I've admired this dresser of yours for a while and now want to try and decoupage this same burlap fabric on a dresser of mine. Did you seal it with anything after sticking the fabric over the Mod Podge? I didn't see that you did, but wonder if it's okay to just leave it once glued on. I was thinking of using polyacrylic under and over it, but can use MP as well... I just don't think sealing it will look nice. Probably be too blotchy. What do you think? Thank you!