Help me refurb this old dresser.

[meemz]

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So I bought this dresser for 50 bucks. Its solid wood and needs some love. How would you approach this? I am pretty open to ideas. Mind you this is for a master bedroom. I do not have a bed yet but was thinking of diy farmbed from ana whites website. Should I stain this? Paint it white? Paint the knobs gold?? 

[laurao]

We bought a similar dresser for my DD's room. DH sanded it, and we painted it white. I replaced the hardware with brushed nickel. I will try to find a pic, as she's currently sleeping in the room

[laurao]

Voila

[bunnymendelbaum]

Sept 28, 2014 18:31:56 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

At this stage of my life, I am all about maximizing results for minimum effort. How is the finish on the drawers? It's difficult to tell from the photos. I really like the grain pattern, though, so I probably wouldn't paint. If you want to stain it, you'll have to strip it first, which is a long and arduous process (especially with the beveled edges on the drawers). However, the smooth flat surface of the top and sides would be easier to strip and stain. So I might try to refinish the body of the dresser, matching the stain to the drawers.

Another option, if it's your style, would be to two-tone it, leaving the drawers (again assuming they're in decent shape) and painting the body. Something like this:

Ideally, I would entirely strip and stain it. But there's a chair in my laundry room that has been half upholstered for three months laughing at the thought.

ETA: I love the hardware. Wouldn't change a thing.

I agree with all of this.

[meemz]

Thanks ladies. I actually got lucky and it is a thomasville dresser. I like the hardware as well, it just needs to be cleaned up somehow.  I love your redo on your dresser laurao.My fiance prefers to stain it because he likes darker furniture. Maybe it would be worth the effort.

[meemz]

The finish on the drawers is in good condition.

[OrangeBanana]

Look into gel stain if you want to keep the wood tone but not take the work to strip everything down completely. I have done numerous projects with it.

I refinished a dresser to look exactly like the espresso finish that Pottery Barn offers. Basically painted a coat of stain on and left it to dry. It look a few coats but was so worth it. You can't see different colors of the wood grain but you can see that it's real wood underneath the stain.

Then I redid all our woodwork and doors upstairs. I just lightly sanded to take the layer of clear coat off and then stained right over that. It really did a nice job adding depth and a darker updated color to the wood.

[meemz]

I will check out the gel stain. Thanks everyone for the inspiration. I have a lot to think about!