In preparation to HOPEFULLY move, we're trying to get our stuff ready to go. My Nonni has some furniture left in this house that we were told we could take if we'd like. One of the bedrooms has a whole bedroom set....while we only have a guest bed (mattress, box spring, metal frame) and a book shelf. So, we decided to try our hand at refinishing some outdated furniture. First we decided, we're only taking the dresser, bed (headboard/footboard/frame) and a nightstand. There's also a vanity thing, but it's an odd piece of furniture.
Here are some before photos - we'd already taken everything apart and brought everything down to the garage / basement area so the lighting isn't great.
Here are some before photos - we'd already taken everything apart and brought everything down to the garage / basement area so the lighting isn't great.
Then, we decided to paint them all white and buy new hardware. So, off to Lowe's we went. We got low VOC paint so that I could potentially help paint (with proper ventilation) and some modern, brushed nickel hardware for the dresser and nightstand. Who knew low/no VOC paint was so expensive!!!!
So far, the dresser is complete and it looks great! Brian ended up doing 98% of the work because the paint smell was bugging me and let's face it, the sanding job I'd do would probably be pretty whack. We still have to do the whole bed and finish the nightstand, but we're really excited with how the dresser turned out! Again, apologies for the poor lighting - the dresser is still downstairs.
So far, the dresser is complete and it looks great! Brian ended up doing 98% of the work because the paint smell was bugging me and let's face it, the sanding job I'd do would probably be pretty whack. We still have to do the whole bed and finish the nightstand, but we're really excited with how the dresser turned out! Again, apologies for the poor lighting - the dresser is still downstairs.
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