Green With Envy Dresser Makeover

All Within the Home
by All Within the Home
5 Materials
$5000
2 Hours
Easy

Brown and boring guest room dresser is jazzed up with color and knobs for a total transformation.

The Before


My last child just out grew the dresser/changing table I had for 12 years. It was time to upgrade the dresser from a 3 drawer to this seven drawers of ultimate storage! Although, it was not fit for a child's room in its "as is" condition so I decided to spruce it up.

The Paint


If you follow along with me, you know I LOVE my Chalky Chicks Furniture Paint. It is soooooo easy to use, the colors are fantastic, its inexpensive, and it goes over any finish without any prep work (other than dusting off your piece).


I have actually become an ambassador for this paint so if you go to their website https://www.2chicksandatoolbelt.com/ and purchase paint use promo: WITHINTHEHOME and you will get a discount.


Anyway, back to my project...I used this chalky chicks paint in the color Riptide.

Remove your hardware and just wipe down the furniture to get any dust off. Other than that small prep work, you can get to work by painting using long, smooth and even strokes with your chalk paint brush.

This paint dries pretty fast, which I love because you can immediately start your second coat if it needs one. I usually do one coat then second coat I water down the paint and apply a lighter second coat.


Be sure to seal your chalk paint with either wax meant for chalk paint or you can use a polycrylic which is used for more touched surfaces.

I upgraded the plain knobs with these cute gold polka dot ones from Hobby Lobby. I left the original gold pulls because they coordinated with the gold on the dots.

The Riptide coordinates with the curtain band on the bottom and goes perfectly with the large stripes on the wall.

I love this color and the new knobs just really updated this tired looking dresser now its ready to play dress up with my two year old fashionista!


I love to see your projects, so please comment below what you plan to update next. Try a bolder color and let me know how it turns out! Be sure to try this paint out and use my promo code WITHINTHEHOME

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  • Linda Linda on May 23, 2020

    What kind of brush did u use?

  • Gabrielle Falk Gabrielle Falk on Jun 04, 2020

    I think you have done an amazing job - and love the differing door knobs. Did you paint with a roller, to avoid brush strokes? I have some solid pine furniture (all the drawers, dove-tailed) in the bedroom, which, as pine does, has yellowed over the years. The walls in the bedroom are a lovely soft apple green; coverlet - white, and the bed rugs (ie small throw/decorating rugs), are in colours, of pink/s, differing greens/with minute green check patterns on one of the rugs, and one of the cushions. Sounds like a mish-mash, but it isn't. I'm a bit terrified of painting the pine, as I don't want to, as they say 'stuff it up'. Any ideas on a good colour? Know it's hard, without a photo, but I've found, that the walls in any photos, come out as a wishy-washy white! - certainly not the true colour - and the pine looks almost umber in colour. All the 'modern' style furniture is all MDF - glossy, and expensive - and not attractive, or suitable to a 'cottage' style. Any thoughts in a furniture colour, would be appreciated. We live in Sydney, Australia. And I don't believe we have the huge range of paints/finishes etc., that you have in the US of A. With thanks,

    ps if anyone else has any ideas, no problem. would appreciate.


  • Kelly J. Tinney Kelly J. Tinney on May 24, 2021

    Has anyone else used this paint? I don’t want to buy more paint only to have it be garbage like the last quarts I wasted money on.

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  • DN DN on May 30, 2021

    Gorgeous. That green shade is lovely. ❤️

  • Luci Hedley Luci Hedley on Jun 05, 2021

    I think this is beautiful. i used to be a pureist and to paint beautiful timber, like oak was like a sin to me. however over the years and having moved to the rural aspects of Queensland where dark furniture and heat of summers, don't really get along in my mind. i have been wanting to paint our antique dresser to lighten it up but having it stay in the same decor (victorian) as my antique bowed end brass bed etc. My son said Nooo Mum, but i live with it and so it is my decision. it is wonderful of you to share your idea which not only inspires me but i am sure others as well. the most important piece of information i gleened from you was to seal the chalk paint. thank you so much of you post. stay safe

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