A dresser remake

About 4 or 5 years ago, my dad gave us this old dresser/armoire that he had sitting in storage, for us to use in my oldest son's cabin room.   Since the look in there was rustic and woody, the finish worked fine.

We've since moved from that one story house to a 2 story, and I didn't want to move this huge thing up the stairs.   It was sitting out in the garage taking up space, so I decided to clean it up and fix it up for our new addition that will be here in November. 

This is the before:

It wasn't actually missing drawers.  I'd already removed them to start painting when it dawned on me to take a before shot.  Amateur blogger here, okay?  haha.

I lined up the drawers and got an assembly line or sorts going, so that by the time I was done putting the first coat on the last drawer, the first drawer face was dry and ready for another coat. 

I of course removed the hardware first.  Since this piece was so old and worn, I didn't prime (probably should have, ahha) or sand.   The wood just soaked the paint right up.   I used Behr's Ultra Pure white, straight off the shelf.. the same color that we've been using for our trim around the house.  

After painting and lightly distressing, I had this:

Notice my technique of painting on wood slats?, brilliant eh?  LOL!  Okay, okay.. sometimes a girls gotta give herself a few compliments, right?

Moving on.

I could have attached the new hardware at this point, but I wanted something a little more whimsical since this would be for a baby.

umm...  Let's do stripes!

If you think I'm an odd one for putting little knick knacks on top before its even done, you're not the only one.  haha.  Luckily everyone around here knows I'm a little nuts.  :p

After removing the tape, I added a little nautical compass freehand onto the armoire door. 

I added some new hardware from Lowes... the modern pull was around $3 and the bin pulls were on sale for only 2 something!  I made sure to measure the pre-drilled holes, so that when we picked out new hardware it would be sure to fit.  I actually found the most adorable little fish, in the same finish, that I wanted to use on the door, but it was too small.  :(   Good thing we measured first because that thing was almost in my cart!  haha.

And, Here she is!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the new Nautically-whimsical dresser!

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