Our Dresser

Ok, so I've been wanting to post this for some time, but just have never gotten around to it. When we moved into our apartment and put our cream-colored dresser next to our very khaki walls, I thought...I want to paint this. Let me first say, that I think I have had this dresser since I was maybe 5-ish. When I was a teenager we updated the color to the solid cream (I can't really describe what it used to be, but it was very 80's/little girl-ish). Anyway, so when we moved into the apartment it was winter.....not ideal for painting. So finally a couple of weeks ago, I had a free day, and decided to paint it. I forgot to get a good "before" picture...so here's one of the drawers.

When we lived in our old house in Brighton, I took some oil-based black paint, broke all the rules of painting, and painted it straight onto our bathroom cabinet (no scraping or sanding). I loved it. So I decided to do the same with our dresser. I don't know why, but I love black painted furniture. After I was finished, Daniel helped me put the hardware back on. He did a great job!

And here you have it...the finished product!

For the most part, I am very pleased. One thing I did forget to do was wipe down the drawers good before I painted...I remembered the top of the dresser, but forgot the drawers. In person, I can tell, but I'm also pretty picky. Anyway....the black definitely looks way better next to the walls! Plus...I feel like I have a new dresser, but only paid $5 for the can of paint to paint it with!! Gotta love that! My next project is Lily's dresser....we are thinking purple. We'll see...that is for another day!