Chevron Dresser!

I gave you a little peeky-peek of this little dresser, and now it’s time to show her off!

This dresser was another Facebook find… believe me, Facebook is your friend when it comes to finding good deals.  I’m part of a Moms group and someone posted this small dresser for sale – I snagged it as soon as I could!  It was just the perfect height to fit under a shelf in my closet and get my hubby’s clothes out of baskets!

I can not find the before pic of this, but it was painted red with blue knobs, which was perfect for a little boy but not what I had in mind for my man.  After a coat of bonding primer, I painted it with leftover MS Sharkey Grey paint from my office paint job.

Then came the hard part – measuring and marking and taping to get those chevron angles just right…

Then, I painted the stripes with some leftover MS Glass of Milk paint from my French Grain Sack Dresser.  It’s important to paint in the direction of the stripe – otherwise, the eye gets confused between all the angles.

In order to get nice lines with the stripes, I used a tip I learned on Fresh Home Ideas.  You first paint along your taped line with the original paint color and then paint your contrasting color.  Works perfectly!  (I’m tempted to try it on my baseboards when I tackle that beast someday.)

Then it was time to peel off that tape to reveal the chevron *squee*!  It was a beautiful moment. *tear*

Some of the paint lines were a little raised so I gently sanded those down, added a coat of Annie Sloan soft wax, and then added the new hardware: these gorgeous mercury glass knobs I found at Hobby Lobby.  (50%off, always!)

And that was it!

Total project breakdown:

dresser: $50, paint: leftover (free), hardware: $16 = $66  Yeah!

I’m quite happy with my new dresser… so much so that now I want to redo my closet too!  It’s all planned in my head already!

Enter Mr. home.made. rolling eyes…

But I know that you guys totally are with me on this, right?

Stay tuned for a newly improved closet to go with my new chevron dresser!  *wink*

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