Last month, our bedroom dresser fell apart. You know those cheap drawers that the bottoms fall out of all the time? Yeah. One of those. I was happy to have it go since I've been wanting some new bedroom furniture anyways.I went on my hunt. It took a long time to find exactly what I wanted. And, of course, within budget. I was determined I'd find something under 40 dollars. It took too long, I was getting pretty tired of having my t-shirts in a laundry basket.Then I found it. A used dresser for $20. It was solid, and sturdy, and had character! I was excited!!My hubby came home with it and said the most beautiful thing: "it was only 5 dollars."WHAT?! Apparently, the owners were moving it when he was on his way and they broke the mirror that came with it. Goodness, I didn't even want the mirror!! It was my lucky day!
Anyways, so my five dollar dresser became this:
Here is the before:
I couldn't handle the pear and grape etching, so we filled it with wood filler.
I kept the existing hardware and just painted with a color I had on hand.
After my hubby sanded the whole thing down, he primed the entire thing.
Then painted it 'English Apple'.
I really love it! The color is bright and bold and it has tons of drawers for storage.
Here are the painted hardware. I went with a metal color since our room has a lot of metal accents.
And the space where our 'fruit basket' was will never be missed!
SO worth the 5 dollars (plus paint, of course).
Have a fantastic week!