For about as long as I can remember I've loved dressers. I think it might come from the time when I was a kid and didn't have one and my Step-Father nailed a cardboard box to the wall for me to keep my clothes in.
A couple of weeks ago I was looking for a dresser for the spare room. I found one I liked on Craig's List but the person who had the dresser for sale was really flakey, never had time to show it and then said someone else had contacted her after I did and so I could look after that person. Needless to say, that was enough of that. So, I started looking again.
I found a unique looking dresser on Craig's List that I thought would work in my bedroom and I could move the one I had to the other bedroom. So, I purchased it.
It was a little rough looking, it had beautiful wood but had been neglected and had quite a bit of damage. Of course not all of the damage was shown in the pictures. I find value in bringing new life to things. I'm not a really picky person so the makeover doesn't have to be perfect.
I would have loved to have been able to leave the wood on the front as it was but one of the drawers had the whole corner broke off. I repaired it and decided I would paint the drawers.
The top was in really bad shape in quite a few places. I tried to fill the ares in with some wood filler but every time I tried the moisture would make it bubble up near the damaged area. I got it as good as I could and painted the top white.
I kind of like the two toned look, kind of 50's looking I think. I didn't like the hardware that was on it and I just happened to have enough glass knobs for all the drawers. I'm happy with how it turned out and it gave me a lot more storage.
