A Diamond In The Ruff: A Dresser Makeover

I'm going to be completely honest with you, when I makeover a piece of furniture I like for things to go my way. 

Well this one had a mind of its own!! And we fought...for a week. It was close to tears... and a fire...but then I won! 

Here she is before:

 A horrible paint job! 

 Whoever painted it decided to use a high gloss shell-like paint, then years of use had found it layered with stickers and tape. They even used that same white to paint the massive knobs. 

It was a mess. 

I had this great idea; strip and sand the drawers and stain the beautiful wood with dark stain. 

Well remember I told you it had a mind of its own? First I stripped off a metallic blue paint, then a light blue paint and THEN paper!!! All that white you see here is paper. Ugh, why? Ill never understand. 

 I stripped and sanded and stripped and sanded and sanded again and sanded some more and used nail polish remover and...no go! They used a crazy industrial type glue to stick that paper down and it was not coming off no matter what I tried! That little edge took me hours! 

So I gave up and said "Ill show you whose boss! 

You cant fight with paint! Ha take that!" 

And then she was painted! 

Boy do I ever love the feeling of victory, even if I was fighting with a dresser. 

I really enjoyed doing the hand painted Eiffel Tower, I think it adds so much more charm to the little darling! Yes I call her darling...were friends now. 

I hope you like the transformation! 

Remember, never give up. You may have to change your design idea but you can still find beauty in the oddest circumstances. 

Until next time

-Christina

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