Dresser Makeover
by
Melly
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I was ready to take this dresser to the DUMP, but wait till you see what I did with it instead!
This is the dresser I have had in my room for years. The second drawer has been broke for a while now. I decided it was time to either throw this old thing out...
The first thing I did was sand the entire dresser to make sure the paint would stick.
Once I had the design traced onto each drawer, I now needed to paint the design.
Once I had the base coat all finished on the dresser, I decided that I wanted to add the brown paper to the center diamonds to make them look like leather inlays on the drawers. I thought that this would give the dresser a more rustic, yet expensive look.
This picture not only shows how the diamond looks with the "leather inlay", but also shows you how I fixed the problem of the broken drawer.
Now I had printed the graphic you see in the stripe on my ink jet printer and used MOD PODGE to attach the graphic to the dresser.
The last detail I wanted to add was these NAIL HEAD TACKS. I wanted to further enhance the illusion of the diamonds being leather inlays, so I outlined all the diamond shapes with these nail head tacks.
Finished! I am thrilled with the finished project. Especially the fact that I got a "NEW" dresser for the bargain price of $42.00.
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Wow! I'm impressed.
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No questions, but didn't see where I could comment on how stunning this turned out, wow!!! Wasn't too sure about it at first, but you really pulled it all together!! Talk about high end!
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