How to Redo a Dresser for Baby Nursery
One of the biggest things my hubby and I were very witting of the entire time we were working on the plant nursery was: THE Upkeep. Nosotros had a very strict budget and nosotros tried to relieve in every footling area that we could.
Babies aren't cheap and, well, nosotros didn't desire to go bravado all of our savings on just redoing a room.
One of the ways we saved a TON of money was doing an OLD article of furniture makeover and making it NEW past repainting or refinishing it.
The first piece we tackled: the DRESSER!
This dresser was actually in my Married man'S nursery when HE was a kid! How cool is that? It was a very pretty brown wood, but it just felt outdated.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a REAL before, before film because my husband and his dad had already sanded, primed, and painted the kickoff glaze before I could get a snap.
Only, you tin can see the natural forest color on the inside.
The key to an onetime furniture makeover dresser like this one is beingness sure it's sanded well and primed well. Otherwise the paint can fade and habiliment really apace.
We then opted to do an ombre result on the drawers! I just picked out iv greens (one of which is actually the dark-green on the accent wall in the plant nursery) and nosotros got the footling paint sample jars of each color from Abode Depot.
Nosotros then went to Hobby Foyer and got different mis-matching knobs to put on the drawers. They were each purchase one go one free!! WOOP!
And here is the finished product!!
Budget:
- Dresser: gratis (old)
- Primer and white paint: gratuitous (we had a agglomeration of cans laying around)
- Four paint samples: $2/each = $eight total
- 8 knobs from Hobby Antechamber: $4/each prepare = $16
Total cost of dresser re-do: $24!
Side by side was the bookshelf.
I've had this bookshelf for YEARS (I think I got it in high schoolhouse). And while it was a fine bookshelf on information technology'south own, it was actually a more "shiny" finish and a more "fair" color than I really liked or wanted.
Then, on a whim, hubby and I decided we were going to re-exercise this bookshelf every bit well!
I don't have any pictures of the actual process, just thankfully, nosotros didn't actually need to PRIME this ane. And then, we just took white paint we had laying effectually and painted the WHOLE matter. Then, nosotros took those same ombre green paint samples from the dresser and used the balance of those on the shelves and bottom drawer. We opted Not to pigment the back of the bookshelf because the height of the shelves is adjustable and we may desire to change the height down the road.
And here is the finished sometime piece of furniture makeover:
I also had a TON of fun "styling" the bookshelf. I went primarily for the "organize your books by color" thought.
So, y'all can see that the books on each shelf friction match or "go" in a general color scheme.
Voila!
Budget for this old furniture makeover project:
- Bookshelf: Gratuitous (old)
- White paint: Gratis (former)
- Pigment samples: leftover from dresser project above
- Knob for bottom drawer: $3
Total existent cost: $three!
Then came the nether-the-window table. This piece will make more sense when I bear witness yous the final plant nursery reveal. Simply, I was looking for a table that would fit well nether the window side by side to the glider.
I institute this little end table at the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store Warehouse for $15.
This ane definitely needed like three coats of primer to fully cover the black pigment. We also sanded downwards some of the rougher areas to polish it out.
Nosotros and then opted to paint it with some leftover extra high gloss white pigment. This also needed at to the lowest degree two, maybe three coats. So, it was a lot of painting… took a whole night. AND, the actress loftier gloss pigment takes a while to set… so we left it to dry out for most two days earlier we took information technology upward to the nursery. 
And VOILA!
Full toll of this: $15 (the price of the table)
So, I had been searching for a shelf to hang side by side to the changing table so I could put the wipe warmer and kokosnoot oil on it.
I found this beauty at Goodwill for $0.69 cents.
I primed it and put two coats of paint on it and BOOM. Washed.
$0.69 cents for a brand new looking shelf that works PERFECTLY next to the changing table!
So, all in all, nosotros got a "new" dresser, a "new" bookshelf, "new" window table, and "new" changing table shelf for a full of: $42.69!
Not too shabby. In fact, the merely "new" pieces of furniture we bought for the plant nursery were the crib, changing tabular array, and glider. BUT, we got them all on sale! Duh. 🙂
What most you? Have you done whatsoever old furniture makeover projects recently? What areas are you saving money?
Source: https://www.stillbeingmolly.com/2013/08/22/paint-old-furniture-makeover-nursery/
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