An up-cycle experience...
This has to be one of my fav diy projects I have ever done. Turning an old dresser from my old apartment, into a gorgeous, mirrored dresser. The gorgeous mirror-front dressers, tables, etc. that we all oogle at cost anywhere from $500-$10,000 and my heart reaches out to them. I love them. I want 500 of them so when guests enter my house they feel like they are in one of those fun houses on the boardwalk.
So, when I was looking at them in a store one day, it hit me. "I bet I could make this!"- elle said out loud! What an amazing idea this would be...and I had just the piece of furniture at home experiment on. It was a dresser from Ikea from my 1st apartment. It has been moved from that apartment, to a storage unit, to our current house so it is beat up anyway, perfect excuse. I covered the front in fabric to match the room, but it was time to transform this bad boy. If it didn't work, hey I could always scuff up the paint and make it look like a white washed masterpiece.
My husband, who now closes his eyes, laughs, and says " Ok...I trust you" whenever I re-paint or do any diy project to the house (which is often), was working late that night. So, I emptied out the dresser and gathered my supplies that I bought that week for the project.
Supplies:
· White Paint. I use Benjamin Moore Paint for everything in our house! Great quality & most
importantly it is Eco-friendly.
· Mirrors cut to size. I asked the dudes in the red vests at Lowes to cut me 3 mirrors: 3ft long/ 11
inches wide. Happy to help! Be sure to measure exact before going and not guess!
· Glue. I use Liquid Nails for a couple reasons. One, its eco friendly. And two, I could glue myself
to the wall and not fall! Strong stuff!
· Ah-dorable drawer hardware!
· Drop cloth
· Paint brush
Steps:
· Clean dresser with wash cloth and made sure it was dry.
· Removed hardware
· Painted a few coats of white paint. Let dry in between.
· Laid on back and glued on mirrors.
· Glued on adorable clear crystal knobs.
*Waited about 8 hours to stand back up.
Now, let's go make 499 more!!
