Dresser makeover

After our amazing trip to the Greek Isles, I had an idea for our guest room.  I wanted it to be "Greek themed".  I loved all the crisp white buildings with blue roofs, and I wanted a way to have a piece of that in my home.

The main attraction in the room is a canvas that I had printed at a print shop in Turkey.  It was a picture I took on the island of Santorini (my favorite Greek island), and it looks lovely on canvas.  I also ordered several other prints from our trip and framed them in white and blue frames that I purchased from Ikea.  Then I ordered a blue comforter and a Greek-patterned pillow from Amazon.

For the furniture, I decided to go mostly with white since the comforter is blue.  But for the dresser, I wanted to do something a little different.  I thought a two-toned dresser would be fun!  I found a used dresser for sale (I think I got it for $40).  I headed to the local hardware store, picked up paint supplies and new knobs and got to work.

Here are the steps I took:

1. Cleaned the dresser with a damp rag.

2. Removed all existing hardware.

3. Painted with primer (I had to do 3 coats because of how dark the furniture was).

4. Applied 2 coats of paint, allowing to dry for 24 hours in between coats.

5. Installed new hardware.

6. Voila!

Before

After