Do you ever go through periods where you really think you could give “This Old House” a run for its money? To add to all of my strange proclivities, I used to love watching “This Old House” on Saturdays after Saturday morning cartoons (and no, I am not talking about last week but more like 25 years ago). Oh the days when you had to wait for that one day of the week where you could watch one hour of DIY shows. Unless you stuck around for “Yankee Workshop”. But I digress. Several months ago, I went through a period where if I could redo it, I would. Probably overdosed on diy projects or was incapacitated by the amount of strip solvent I inhaled. But whatever the reason, I am just starting to get back into the diy mode. But to help me ease back into the workshop mode, let’s check out a completed project.

This lovely piece was gifted to me by my mother. And had sat in my closet for quite awhile, in all of its angelic glory. But alas, it was time to banish those celestial beings from this grotesquesly green piece of furniture.

The handles were pieces of wood that had been screwed into the center of the front. So they were the first things to go.

A good amount of paint stripper was applied all over this piece and made its way not only through a whole bunch of golden angel babies but green, blue and black paint.

I wiped the dresser and the drawers with solvent and then let it dry for at least a 24 hour period. After some sanding, it was time to proceed with the dresser: life 2.0.

I tried a couple different techniques in this refurbishment. The first was the use of an airgun to attach trim to the front of the dresser drawers. Airgun = empowerment. Though let me throw in the fact that I had at least one semester of using heavy carpentry machinery when I was in college. I highly recommend the use of an airgun if you are doing trim work but I would also add that if you don’t know how to use one, please receive some instruction from somone who does.

The second technique that I used in this refurbishment was the use of spray paint. I definitely wouldn’t recommend this second technique. I was in a ventilated area and it was still a bit disconcerting seeing the big plumes of spray paint.

I purchased the scroll, brush nickel dresser handles from Amazon.

The scroll pattern on the front was created by using a piece of scrapbook paper cut with the scroll design that I found from Michael’s. I held it above the inset and used a silver mirror spray paint. Cheapest stencil I have ever used.

Sincerely,

Lynne with an Exhalation of Gray Paint