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Post by rachaelnicole on Aug 30, 2014 22:04:02 GMT -5

DS2 (now 3 years old) has a black headboard, but we still are using the dresser that he had as a baby. It doubled as a changing table, so it was pretty beat up on the top, and I kind of hated the honey color, so last weekend I decided to refinish it to match the headboard. Then today, DH talked me into also painting a dresser mirror that we had found in the rafters of the garage when we moved in three years ago, then we mounted it on DS1's dresser. All in all, the project cost me about $65 including paint and painting supplies, and new hardware for the drawers. I already had the primer and paint, so the mirror was about as close to free as you can get.

Dresser before: (I had already taken one drawer face off and was WAY too lazy to put it back on for the before pic)

Dresser after:

Mirror before:

Mirror after:

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dr.girlfriend Senior Member Posts: 9,783 Likes: 8,309	AW: My MM dresser makeover (PIPs) Aug 30, 2014 22:18:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dr.girlfriend on Aug 30, 2014 22:18:29 GMT -5 Looks great! Congrats!
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lime Senior Member Posts: 8,197 Likes: 4,891	AW: My MM dresser makeover (PIPs) Aug 30, 2014 22:25:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lime on Aug 30, 2014 22:25:47 GMT -5 Great redo! How long did it take you to do all of that?
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Aug 30, 2014 22:25:47 GMT -5 lime said:

Great redo!

How long did it take you to do all of that?

I started last Saturday, so it took me a week to do the dresser, but DH was working a lot, and my kids don't like to stay away from wet paint, so I only worked on it during nap time and after they were in bed. I also didn't work on it every day. The mirror I started and finished today.

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M Full Member Posts: 3,624 Likes: 1,190	AW: My MM dresser makeover (PIPs) Aug 30, 2014 23:09:35 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by M on Aug 30, 2014 23:09:35 GMT -5 WOW! That looks amazing! Now I want to do that to my 20 year old dresser.
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asoctoberfalls Full Member Posts: 2,848 Likes: 1,234	AW: My MM dresser makeover (PIPs) Aug 31, 2014 10:53:10 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by asoctoberfalls on Aug 31, 2014 10:53:10 GMT -5 It looks awesome! We did a similar refinishing to the honey oak vanity in our master bath, except we used java stain instead of paint. You did a great job!
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Aug 31, 2014 10:53:10 GMT -5 asoctoberfalls said:

It looks awesome! We did a similar refinishing to the honey oak vanity in our master bath, except we used java stain instead of paint. You did a great job!

Last summer I did the same thing to our bathroom cabinets too. I used a very dark brown paint rather than stain, though. I just love how a little paint can transform something!

Thanks everyone!

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greencrayon Full Member Posts: 3,838 Likes: 3,000	AW: My MM dresser makeover (PIPs) Aug 31, 2014 11:05:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by greencrayon on Aug 31, 2014 11:05:51 GMT -5 Looks great! We're in the process of doing that to our kitchen cabinets.
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Post by lys on Aug 31, 2014 13:02:09 GMT -5

Great results! Isn't paint wonderful!
I highly recommend the Benjamin Moore Advance satin paint for furniture - the results are very professional and do not look "painted" with the final finish.
Solid wood furniture from the past with some paint beats a good deal of furniture on the market today.

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