Dresser Redo

I redid this dresser we had in our bedroom right before the weather got cold a few weeks ago. I must say I LOVE the new look. Initially I thought a warmish grey would be nice but then I got a fab idea to go silver. Well the way it looked in my head was fab anyway... but everyone I talked to about it probably thought I was a little loony...

$12 redo (for spray paint)

So here is the Before.

( It is missing a drawer because I thought about doing the before pic after I already painted one drawer.)

And here is the after!

(it is missing a knob because one of the children took off with it. It has since showed up and still needs to be painted... oops!)

I spray painted this bad boy with a a brushed nickel spray paint. Then did a subtle darker glaze over it. While it was still outside and the knobs weren't on it I HATED it. I was thinking... what on earth did I do? But then I put the knobs on it and I LOVED it!

I was going to buy new hardware but there are twenty knobs on this puppy... the knobs I liked were $2.50 and I was not about to spend $50. So I painted the knobs I already had and was pleased with the outcome.

I moved the dresser from our bedroom to the entryway because I desperately needed the storage. Living in an apartment there is a definite shortage. Now it houses things like... all of our paper an office supplies, cords, cords and more cords, camera, video camera, portable DVD player, all Zannas craft stuff (glue, crayons, scissors, etc) Flashlights, lighters, matches, light bulbs, candles... the list goes on! Now each of these things has a home instead of being shoved in any nook and cranny I could find.

Now our clothes are all in baskets on the shelves in our closet.

Who knew I could ramble on so about a dresser?