before and after

This is Little E's dresser before I got a hold of it with the sander

After........

I sanded the body and drawers with a sanding block,

primed it, painted it green, sanded some more,

painted it red, sanded it again, then painted it

black and tried to distress it a little so that the green

and red show through in various places.

For the top I sanded it down to the bare wood

and then put a walnut stain on it. The  last

step was to poly the top.

I also waxed the body.

I bought the handles at Hobby Lobby when they

were 50% off, which came to $2.50 a piece.

I also bought gift wrap at Hobby Lobby and

lined the drawers.

Not what I totally envisioned this piece to

look like in the end, but

good enough.  I was envisioning a bit

more refined on the chipped up areas.