Monday, March 14

Dresser Re-do for the Nursery:

This little project took way longer than anticipated. 2 weekends to sand it (thank you Dustin!), the drawers took 4 coats of paint and sat on my balcony for 3 weeks 
(I was too pregnant and tired to work on it!) and FINALLY this weekend we painted the rest of it. 
Dresser: Free gift from a friend
Knobs: Hobby Lobby $3.50 each on sale
Paint: $25

We will likely use this dresser as a changing table since it is tall enough for that. I have a lamp that I'm going to put on it as well I think. I'm in the process of working on recovering the lamp shade for the lamp. (Pics of that project to come soon.)

I am in love with taxi cab yellow and black and white for the nursery.
I want to do something bright that a boy or a girl could appreciate. 
I LOVE the knobs because they're big enough to be door handles. 

Planning a baby's room can at times be very discouraging because everything is SO expensive, but doing little projects like this helps me remember that I can fill this baby's room with lovely touches without spending a lot of money.  

31 comments:

  1. very very cute!!!! I love it!

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  2. Ooh, I love the yellow! Great job!

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  3. my sisters and i were just in hobby lobby drooling all over their knobs! so cute. well done!

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  4. Wow, that looks amazing!!! Nice!

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  5. I love this DIY makeover. Love the combination. This will make such a cute addition to your nursery!

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  6. It's adorable! I love Hobby Lobby! Great job.

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  7. I LOVE yellow! We just redid Maxwell's room and I almost went with yellow accents. Seeing this reminds me that I love that color!

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  8. LOOOOVE IT! This also makes me want to pillage my local Anthro's sale bin. They usually have lots of knobs and handles on the cheap (like $3.50 a handle) and now I want to re-work something!

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  9. in love !! yellow is my all time favortie color !!

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  10. love this! love the little knobs...so sweet :)

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  11. Love love love this!!

    The colour is fabulous :) are you waiting till b-day to find out the sex?

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  12. Love it! Yellow's the best color.

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  13. This is such an awesome DIY!! The color is awesome and I am sure that it will look great in your nursery :)

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  14. Those knobs are so adorable that I'm having knob-envy! What a cute way to spruce up a dresser!

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  15. i love it! it looks SO bright and cheery, and you did such a nice job choosing lovely knobs!

    love you.

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  16. i love what you did with this! its sooo pretty, great job!

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  17. LOVE IT, girl! LOVE IT. So will baby.

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  18. So cute. I love the knobs.

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  19. Sorry it took so long, but it's GORGEOUS! Absolutely love the color you chose :)

    Following your adorable blog!

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  20. That color is totally incredible! And, I seriously refuse to believe those knobs came from hobby lobby...they look antropologie to me!

    XO
    Carly

    All This is Grace and Charm
    http://allthisgraceandcharm.blogspot.com

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  21. I'm in the process of redoing a dresser and you are so right. It is sooo much work!
    Seeing your adorable finished product is great though. What a cute nursery that will be.

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  22. Good work, Chels. It looks fab all put together. Love the handles. Lets go to Hobby Lobby together someday. I could walk around there for hours.

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  23. awesome re-do! it's so colorful and looks fantastic :)

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  24. Wow, Chels! This turned out beautiful, and those colors are going to make a GORGEOUS nursery!!

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  25. the yellow is perfect!!!

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  26. This pop of color is amazing!! Nice job sweetie!

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