Recent addition- Dresser Rehab project

Wow it's been forever since I've been on my blog. I am a terrible blogger! I've recently purchased a piece of furniture from a good will for $20. I think it was a china cabinet? When I saw it, I knew it had a purpose in my house. I talked the price down from $65 to $20 with an awesome guy who worked there. I decided to make this china cabinet into a dresser/armoire for my daughter who will arrive here in a couple months.

After

Before

                       Gutting the drawers:
                      
                                       

                         

Trying super hard to get this velvet paper out! 

Old gross looking drawer

Love how this turned out

This was a bit of a challenge- custom Moroccan design and frosting glass windows-First time doing this

The process: I used chalk paint for the first time. I had bought the teeny tiny jars at home depot-which do NOT go far let me tell you. I thought chalk paint was supposed to be pretty easy, but I found that I had to use a lot of coats in order for this piece of furniture to look decent. I ended up using white chalk paint, and then taking regular white paint and doing a thin coat over it to not look so grainy. I used frosted glass spray paint, and designed a Moroccan print for the glass. I then bought chicken wire-spray painted it black and adhered it to the sides of the armoire. I think there used to be glass there but I decided to give it more enclosure by using the chicken wire. I tore out all the ugly drawer coverings and placed new drawer liners in them. I also installed polls on each side to hang clothes. I think I bought the wood poll for $3, and the hooks for $.50/ea at home depot.

Overall, I think the cost was very inexpensive to rehab this old cabinet- I think I wasted a bit of money on the chalk paint because of how big this cabinet was. I think next time I would just use regular white paint or try to find a location where you can buy chalk by the gallon or just make my own which I hear is easy!

Wanted frosted glass to give more privacy to armoire and for decor

Sprayed painted chicken wire black, and installed on sides of  armoire for more completeness

Recycled the old hardware. After shopping for hardware, I thought the original looked best

Created hanger polls in armoire to hang baby clothes. Also found some nice picture frames at goodwill and painted them white to match the furniture.  

Finished!