Dresser Before and After Project 2

We changed all the closets in the house to have a shelf and rods instead of dressers in the room.  This gave me the chance to refinish all the dressers in our house.  This one was Bo's and I have always not liked it, so I was up to the challenge.

I bought this multi coloured fish scale vinyl from someone online and didn't have a place for it.  When I saw Bo's dresser, I realized the vinyl was the perfect size.  It's such a boring shape of dresser, so a pattern would really help it, I thought.

I attached the vinyl on to the drawers and then made my own chalk paint and painted the frame a grey to compliment the pattern.  The knobs were on the dresser already, so I just reused those.  Then I finished off the dresser with a soft wax.

Here's the before and after...

Dresser Before and After Project 1

Since I'm on mat leave this year I was thinking what I could do to have some me time, and I decided that since I love refinishing furniture, why not do that.

This is my first project, and I'm in love with how it turned out!  This used to be Jet's dresser in his room, and after it was done I couldn't believe I let it sit in his room untouched for almost two years.  I love the retro feel this dresser has and thought that the white and ombre green would work lovely with it, and it did!  I made my own chalk paint and used a soft wax on top to finish it.

To get the ombre look, start at the bottom drawer with your darkest colour.  Once that is painted, add a couple spoonfuls of white paint to the green and stir.  Paint the next drawer up.  Continue adding white paint to get the next shade up in your project and enjoy your results!

Here's the before and after...