So a few Saturdays ago, I started the process of fixing up my "new" dresser. Thankfully I come from a line of carpenters ;) My dad's a pro at fixing things and building them. Before I bought the dresser he made me aware of the fact that the top of this beautiful dresser was not actually wood but particle board, thus trying to re-stain the dresser would be futile. However my plan was to paint it, so all I would need to really do is sand down the bumps and make sure to take off the top layer of gloss so the paint would actually stick. I'd explain all the details of the process but that would take forever..... so here are just a few pics instead!
BEFORE:
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| Before - $5 from neighbor |
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| Original dents and stains. You can't really see, but there's some water damage on the back part too, where the particle board is a bit swollen. |
THE PROCESS:
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| Removing the hardware |
Even though I couldn't re-stain this, we had to do several rounds of sanding. 1) to get rid of bumps, 2) to take off the top layer of gloss so the paint can stick, 3) to smooth everything down, 4) Repeat #3 until you achieve desired finish :) This included filling in little holes and scratches with spackle and other stuff and more sanding.
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| Dad fixing drawer glide |
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| Filling in the holes |
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| Painting is a lot of fun! |
By the end, it looked practically brand new! I was soooo proud of myself! My dad helped explain me what to do, but most of the work I ended up doing myself, so yeah.... :)
Oh yeah, and it took me less than a week to finish this project!
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