Husband and I have had these dressers kicking around since we got married – they came from his grandparents’ house and are made out of nice, solid pine. While they certainly have served us well as we’ve moved from an apartment to our first house and now out to the farm, they aren’t real pretty to look at.

We’ve used them in random places – my office, spare bedroom, in the basement to hold toys. But like I said, they are solid wood and that makes them a good candidate for some updating in my book!

After 6 years, I have finally tackled the project! Well, half of the project. I haven’t started on the matching dresser yet. But one step at a time here people. So, I got out the ole sander and went crazy on that thing. About 50 sheets of sandpaper later, I had the finish off and a nice bare wood.

I used Danish oil in a walnut color and was pretty pleased how it turned out – here it is in progress.

After letting that cure for a few days, hubs took it into school and put a couple coats of a matte poly on it so the color wouldn’t rub off on our nice white carpet.

I painted the drawer fronts “Leap Frog” and dug out some old pulls I had bought at ReStore years ago for this project. They got painted “Key Lime”

So put all of that together and bingo bango it is like a brand new dresser.

It looks better, right?

And I have the perfect place for it next to my side of the bed – perfect for storing all kind of books and magazines and all of those other bedside necessities.

And just for fun – here is a side by side.

Any ideas for the other dresser? Maybe some kind of pattern? Metallic? They sky is the limit!!!