Sanding, Refinishing, Painting Furniture takes time and during that time my mind tends to wander. While working on my last makeover I had to stop myself many times from making a complete fool out of myself as I called my furniture piece by name, out loud. What? you don’t name your furniture? Well after spending so much time with mine I tend to and this one is no exception. I present to you a new Rustic Solid Wood Dresser…a.k.a. “The Boyfriend” Dresser!
Why “The Boyfriend” dresser? Well my daughter went to Goodwill and brought home this piece…
in hopes that I would help her paint it.
Sweet girl, bless her heart. She bought it for her boyfriend’s apartment for $30 and asked if I could make it look a bit rustic to match his existing furniture. Here is an inspiration picture she showed me.
source: PB Ashby Dresser
Again, bless her heart for entrusting that I can pull off the look with paint but I would feel better about putting that much work into something that will last quite a bit longer than the white laminate furniture.
She agreed to allow me to resell the white dresser and come up with plan B.
Here is plan B: Solid wood dresser for $50 that has a hideous spray paint job!
She about fell over when I showed her my picture and thought I lost my mind or my $50 but I assured her that there was a wood grain under there just waiting to be discovered!
So I got to work right away and was actually surprised at how fast the sanding process went. That spray paint was the thinnest I have ever worked with so its removal didn’t take long at all!
I applied Minwax PreStain Conditioner as directed and then stained the entire piece with Minwax Pine Stain. I let it dry overnight and then sealed it with Minwax Polyurethane.
And here it is, in all its beautiful wood grain glory!
“The Boyfriend” loved it and was very excited when we delivered it to him! – Makes this momma very happy 🙂 unless he breaks up with her and then…well…I won’t go into that!
I would like to mention that this is not a sponsored post but thank Minwax Company for their generous gift of new stains, sealers and supplies! I love their products and am always excited to try their new lines. I’ll be sure to share some more about them in the future!
Here is a reminder of the before and after, because everyone loves a good before and after!
What do you think?
Funny how someone painted over probably thinking it was hideous and now I have restored it back to its original state. To each is own I guess.
As always, thanks for checking out my newest Curb Alerts!
~Tami
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Beautiful transformation!!
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