Painted Dresser
Don't you just love fb marketplace?? I think I'm addicted. Have been for quite sometime. But anyway, scored yet another great deal. Found a queen size headboard, footboard, 2 nightstands, a tallboy and large 9 drawer dresser. For $50.
I was pretty impressed with myself. Of course, I did not like the way they looked but that's hardly ever a factor.
So on to the dressers. First thing as usual, give them a good scrub down. They were extra dirty.
Once cleaned and dried, time to get out my dewalt sander. I love this thing. I hate to sand but this definitely helps! I wasn't going for the type of sand to strip off the finish, just enough to scuff the surface.
The dressers had a scroll type bottom on the front that I did not care for so I cut them out with my jigsaw. I measured out four points, drew a line and used painters tape to keep the wood from chipping.
Once done, it did not look good but I kept the piece of scrolling, trimmed off the curved bottom to a straight piece to glue it back on once painted.
Time for a wipe down and primer.
I used Cover Stain by Zinnser. This is an oil based primer with a shellac base. I am not a fan of oil paint, but I had read good things about it. One coat and it covered really well. I let it dry overnight and gave it the scratch test. I could not get it off, awesome.
*Side note: I later tried this primer on a very dark, shiny nightstand without sanding. I could not scratch it off either. It covered the dark so well too. This stuff is crazy good! But, it really smells so use in a well ventilated area.
On to the drawers, gave them one coat of primer as well.
This primer is very thick. Once dried, I gave it a quick sand as I could see the brush marks. I then used two coats of white paint I had on hand. The finish turned out well.
I gave the dresser two coats of clear varnish.
The plan was to eventually replace the handles but after a few days, I realized I could just spray them. I gave them 2 coats of matte black. It turned out really well. Not bad, for less the $100, a bedroom can be furnished if you put in the time and effort.
The contrast is really nice with the black and white. Definitely has that farmhouse/modern feel to it.
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Very pretty. It has a classic look to it. Am not quite sure what you did with the bottom though, because you talked about gluing something back on.
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It sounds (and looks) like she cut the bottom piece out, trimmed the scroll design off of it, then reinstalled it on the bottom of the dresser.
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