In the meantime...

While we get back on the TTC journey, I decided to take on a project. My BIL was about to throw away an old dresser with beautiful lines. There was nothing wrong with it except the top drawer is missing the guide. Here is the subject of the project!

 

My first step was to pick out a bright paint color. Yellow was the first color to pop into my head, and I just ran with it.

Sherwin Williams decisive yellow it is! I had some left over primer from painting in our house. So I made a trip to the store for sandpaper and wood filler. I first sanded the piece down to do away with some rough edges and even everything out. Plus it roughed the wood up to better accept the primer. I used the wood filler to take care of the holes from the old hardware. I knew I wanted to do some fun modern knobs, so the old ones were taken off and the holes filled in.

I wasn't completely concerned with how well the primer covered the dresser. I just wanted to make sure the major parts were taken care of and I had a mostly clean slate for the yellow. I primed the dresser on Thursday and allowed it to dry overnight. I *almost* fell in love with the grey enough to go with a shade of grey, but in the end yellow won.

The next two pictures of the yellow were taken outside in direct sunlight right after painting. They make the color look much lighter than it really is! 

 

I did this project partially on my drive way and partially in our outbuilding. After two coats of paint on Friday (one early morning and one early afternoon), I had to wait to bring it inside! Late Friday evening I couldn't handle it anymore so I carried it in to the spare bedroom.

 Hi kitty!

After that the hunt was on for knobs. I knew Antropologie had gorgeous ones, but they weren't really in my price range for this project. I went back and forth between black or grey knobs, but in the end I didn't want anything that would take away from the bright yellow. Glass or clear knobs seemed to be the obvious choice! After a lot of hunting I found these beauties on Amazon.

At $3.00 I thought they were a steal! I talked Jason into helping me add them to the dresser today and here is the finished product.

Here is the condensed run down!

1. Sand dresser down. Wipe off to remove dust and dirt.
2. Fill in any holes or abnormalities in the wood.
3. Prime. And let dry.
4. Paint one coat. Let dry.
5. Paint coat two. Let dry.
6. Attach new hardware.
7. Tada!

This was a cheap project as well! The dresser was given to my by my brother in law. He was going to throw it out anyway. I paid $19 for the paint from Sherwin Williams. And I paid $18 for the knobs from Amazon. That's it!

These steps obviously worked for this type of wood, but it may not work for everything. I am so proud of this little project. Hopefully I can find something else to throw myself into soon!