The nursery is just about all completed. I need to put some pictures in frames, but I didn’t want to do the big reveal until I got some sweet baby pictures in them. But I will share with you some of the projects!
We decided to try and find a long dresser to use as a changing table and when looking on Craigslist was a bust, I made plans to hit some yard sales. Marc had never, ever, even once, been to a yard sale! We use to go quite often when we were children, but I hadn’t gone in some time. Luckily for my husband, the first yard sale we hit was a success! We brought home a dresser AND a nightstand for $30!
I sanded, primed, and used a sample size jar of paint to do the night stand. I am stashing all my breast-feeding supplies and burp cloths there since it is near the glider. Remember when I repainted the glider and said how great those sample sizes of paint were? Well, the size and cost is awesome, but the paint quality is not. I realized this after I painted the dresser. I bought a quart of satin paint for the dresser and the difference was HUGE. I didn’t even sand most of the dresser, just primed it, and it only needed one full coat of paint and some touch ups. All the other pieces of furniture I did with the sample paints had about 3 coats and still needed touch ups.
I really wish I would have taken a real “before” picture of the dresser. The old drawers only give you a snapshot. I LOVE how the dresser turned out! The blue was so lovely to work with and so pretty! I bought some regular knobs at Wal-mart and I just love how the dresser turned out.
We saved lots of money by going this route as well:
- Nighstand: $10
- Dresser: $20
- Primer: $9 (and used for other projects)
- Sample of orange paint: $3
- Quart of blue paint: $16
- 12 knobs: $14
For less than $100 we have two pieces of furniture! You can’t even buy a dresser for that much, and sometimes you can’t even find a night stand for less than $100!
Wonderful job with the furniture for baby’s room. God bless you!!!
Don’t forget, you cannot even find that kind of quality for that price. It looks expensive, great job.
I love that blue on the dresser, so pretty! I really like the bright theme you seem to have going. Very fun!!
Thanks! I love the dresser more and more and my baby LOVES to stare at the stripes!
I love this look!!! Such a great way to tie mismatched old furniture (which is mostly what my husband and I have) into a room’s color scheme. And you can keep updating it as times and tastes change.
Both pieces look great! Can you tell me the paint color you used for the dresser?
Let me find the paint in my garage and I will get back to you!
Found the card! It is Behr Jamaican Sea (510B-5) in Satin.