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However, I like to jazz them up a bit too. I actually love mottled mirrors as they tell a story and give that timeless feel. Please don’t take my sunshine away.”Īs for the mirror, I chose to use it in a different way. You’ll never know dear how much I love you. I now sing this same song to my children: My grandparents have passed, but I miss them so. My mother would it to me, and likewise my grandfather would sing it to my grandmother. I created the wall art in honor of my mother, and my grandparents from the song, “You are my Sunshine”. It makes for nice texture and adds dimension. Here is a closeup of the top so you can see my sawn effect. Likewise, don’t the pulls look fantastic against that gray? I’m seriously in love. Stick around and I’ll show you the mirror in a bit. I must say it looks much better as an updated dresser than in the before.

I chose this knob and these pulls in rose gold.įinally, with the hardware added, this part of the project is now done. They’re making me wish I had chosen these for our kitchen remodel. Look at these beauties from Hickory Hardware. Though typically I try to save the original pulls, I decided to replace these. Next, I’m using a basic paint & primer paint in eggshell for the finish in Pebble Gray by Glidden. Then, once everything is dry, I cut in and keep my lines clean on the drawer faces. Oh, and I because I am changing out the pulls, I cut pieces of dowel to plug the old holes and glued them in. This is where the work pays off and I feel the stress relieving, as well as I pray for the person that will be receiving my work. For added appeal, he used our jigsaw to create a simple skirt with feet.Īll I had to do was attach it with some wood glue and my nailer and we’re ready to roll. He took a basic board, cut it to length, and then he routed the edge for me. JC, my wonderful husband, helped me out to create a new skirt for the front. Now that the top is done, it’s time for the cabinet. After that, I use a matte poly to get a final topcoat to my updated dresser. Once the stain has penetrated, I wipe off and let dry. You can see it in action on these makeovers too. (like the saw blade left marks in the wood and time has weathered it) NEXT STEPSĪfter the surface is prepped, I chose to use my favorite Early American stain. The idea is you want to swirl the sander in sweeping motions to create a sawn look. I have found this works the best for the effect I’m after. Or, I also offset my sandpaper so that some of the teeth of the pad are sticking out of the holes to scratch the surface. First, you can use an old sandpaper disc that will actually make markings in the wood. In order to do that, I used my orbital sander to mimic the look. Likewise, I want a sort of rustic sawn effect to this updated dresser. I decided to use a trick that I often do to create a rustic look. That made the job easier and revealed a gorgeous maple. I started with our belt sander to get off the chunky protective coating.

#Dresser pulls full#

(see full disclosure) SANDINGįirst order of business is to get that top sanded off. Even the mirror was horribly mottled and visibility was nil for daily use. …damaged front skirt, missing pulls, and some issues with the side planks. So, when I found this dresser on Craigslist, I thought it had potential and would help me get my creative juices flowing. I must be patient though I feel like an impatient toddler. God is good and I know without a doubt He will see us through this. But…living out of boxes for over a year is too much for me. I liken it to being a pumped race horse sitting at the gate and I am ready to fly through the track! I can’t work on our kitchen until our counters are in and it’s killing me. We even had good stress such as having more orders than we could handle…still stress though, right? There are other problems too, but that’s a sampling. Then our vehicle had issues and when they were supposed to be fixed the dude who repaired it caused more damage. No big deal, just treat and move on, but that set us back 3 weeks finding the source, the solution, and waiting on it to arrive. You might be wondering what’s wrong, well we’ve found a pest in the wood we are using for our kitchen countertops. Let me show you how I turned it into an updated dresser. We’ve had some major setbacks in the last few weeks and I decided to take it out on this piece today. I talk to God during that time and it feels so good. There are times when I am downright frazzled and wore to the bone, then when I go get creative my woes are gone. hahaha… That’s kinda how I feel about furniture and my creative projects too.

Do you find stress relief in work? I’m one of those the will clean my house lickety-split when I am one hot mama.