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Last twelvemonth some friends gave us a educate of former dressers earlier they moved to the beach How To Paint Furniture: why it's easier than y'all think!

Last twelvemonth some friends gave us a educate of former dressers earlier they moved to the beach. The dressers were inward decent shape, but definitely needed a niggling work.
I simply knew I was the daughter for the job.

And hence do all my friends, which is why I've never been able to common inward our garage. Not once.
You win some, y'all lose some.

This dresser ended upwards beingness 1 of my easiest makeovers always because I've learned a few novel tricks since my in conclusion makeover.

Here's what the dresser looks similar today, later on simply a niggling fleck of work.

But let's dorsum upwards simply a niggling bit.
To where it all began.
Remember this summer when I carted domicile a trailer total of former furniture?

Well, I painted the tall dresser correct away as well as it ended up here. Then, I kinda forgot nearly the other one, as well as didn't fifty-fifty think it existed until I caught Jesse sawing pieces of forest on transcend of it inward the spider garage. Remember this?

So, this past times weekend I finally had Jesse haul it upstairs hence that I could pigment it. This affair was coated inward years of dust as well as grime as well as spiders, hence it took me a practiced 20 minutes simply to give it a sponge bath. So, this is what it looked similar later on I cleaned it...still non good.

Somehow 1 of the handles disappeared inward the frenzy. It's nonetheless a mystery.

After it was clean, I removed the drawers from the frame as well as removed all of the hardware off the fronts of the drawers.

Then, I used 3M Wood Filler to fill upwards all of the holes as well as scratches hence that the pigment would apply evenly.

I operate the white paintable kind, which worked corking amongst my lite colored paint.

I applied the forest filler wherever at that topographic point were holes as well as scratches.
Probably each 1 administered past times Jesse's frivolous forest chopping. :)

After the forest filler was dry, I used some fine grit sand newspaper from 3M Advanced Abrasives to sand away the excess as well as become far fifty-fifty amongst the surface of the wood. This makes it hold back equally practiced equally novel in 1 lawsuit it's painted.

Once I finished sanding downward the forest filler, I lightly scuffed upwards the entire surface expanse amongst some super fine grit sandpaper as well as and then wiped downward all the surfaces again, making certain they were gratuitous from dust.

And when I country 'lightly scuff', I hateful I pass less than ii minutes on it.

Next, I primed the dresser. Primer makes the pigment adhere without having to sand downward the forest similar a crazy person. Look for a primer that says 'adhesion' on it, similar the 1 I used here.

For both primer as well as paint, I used an angled paintbrush as well as a mini foam roller, brushing the pigment on amongst the paintbrush as well as smoothing it out amongst the roller if needed.

I applied simply 1 coat of primer. You tin apply to a greater extent than if the stain of your forest is haemorrhage through, but I rarely bespeak to.

Once the primer was dry, it was fourth dimension to paint. I've tried all sorts of paints, as well as painted over 10 pieces of furniture, but this fourth dimension I decided to bear witness something new.

I used a waterbased acrylic alkyd enamel (called the Pro Classic if y'all acquire it from Sherwin Williams). It's H2O based hence it cleans upwards easily amongst water, but the enamel formula gives it a harder complete similar an crude based paint. It applies hence smoothly that I didn't bespeak to operate my honey Floetrol, as well as barely fifty-fifty needed my foam roller. Plus, I used a semi-gloss complete as well as didn't fifty-fifty accept to operate a pesky topcoat because it dried hence difficult as well as durable. Seriously, it was crazy how corking this pigment was.

And it was hence thick that I barely fifty-fifty needed a 2nd coat.

The pigment color I chose was Sedate Gray. It has greenish undertones, as well as tin sometimes fifty-fifty hold back bluish inward the correct light.

And the greyish pairs hence good amongst my gilt as well as silvery accents, similar that mirror that I got at my in conclusion thrift store shopping trip (details nearly that peril here).

I'm pretty certain that picture of me as well as Jesse is sideways, but whatev, H5N1 for effort.

I'm non quite certain what I'm going to operate this dresser for yet. I mightiness operate it equally a buffet inward our dining room (if it fits later on nosotros acquire a tabular array as well as chairs dorsum inward there...one day). Or I mightiness operate it underneath our TV inward the living room.

I'm hence sick of youknowwho.

For now, it's simply inward the empty dining room, all dressed upwards amongst nowhere to go.

We've all been there, girl.

And since I lost that slice of hardware somewhere deep inward the pits of the spider garage, I replaced ALL of the hardware amongst some fabulous antique restoration hardware from my favorite place. I used a niggling gold king of beasts pull on the pump drawer...

and some sassy Victorian bail pulls on the residual of the drawers.

And it all simply came together!

And that, friends is the even out of the easiest dresser makeover I've done hence far!

So, tell me, are at that topographic point whatever tips you've learned along the means that I should know about? You guys consistently give me the most amazing advice when it comes to materials I should try.

Keep it comin', girlfriends.

'Til adjacent time!

I'll last dorsum presently amongst my transcend 10 thrift store secrets!