curbside dresser makeover

Sometimes you just get lucky.  I've been searching for a long dresser to redo for some time now - and have been scouring  online yard sales for months with no luck.  The ones I happened to come across, even if beat to hell, were still fetching $120+.  No thanks.

So how psyched was I to score this baby for FREE dollars? Very.

I rearranged Vinnie's car seat and prayed that it would fit in my SUV - and that I would be able to load it myself.  Where there's a will, there's a way!

Here she is in all her glory.  Cute, huh??😉

First thing I did was remove hardware and sand, sand, sand.  There was about 100 layers of finish on it, so it took forever.

I sprayed original hardware with "oil rubbed bronze" (my new fave) paint, and let dry while I worked on bureau.

I taped off the top of bureau with painters tape - since I knew I was going to stain it and leave wood raw - flipped it upside down and primed it with Kilz spray primer.

After it was dry, I sprayed it with two coats of Rust-Oleum in "Ivory Silk" satin spray.

Once it was dry to the touch, I flipped the bureau over, removed tape and stained top with Minwax "Dark Walnut". 

I reattached hardware and roughed it up a bit with 120 sandpaper.

And that was it!! What a difference!!

Now, it's happily in my living room and matched wonderfully with the coffee table  i refinished last week (http://lovedaisymay.blogspot.com/2015/04/coffee-table-diy.html)! 

It's going to be a beautiful yard sale season - I can already tell!!