This is great! Nicely done :)

What a cool idea! Very nice job!

Whoa! Love it! Good Job!

love this - i have many of those lids and was wondering what to do with them!

Hm, when I read the title was thinking, "How is this going to look good?"...it does! I have a Malm dresser from Ikea that I could do this to. It also doesn't have handles, but needs a little pick-me-up. Thanks!

Love!

i have an identical dresser and have been thinking about adding knobs. this is the PERFECT inspiration!

Stunning in its simplicity, and much better in the long term for drawers being pulled open and shut.

Inspired! They look great!

i actually preferred it the way it was. there's nothing mid-century about the knobs.

I love it!

And seriously, people? Just because it's not your style doesn't make it "terrible" or that they "ruined the dresser". How about constructive criticism instead of being rude?

Great idea, great look!

Brilliant!! Added kick for less!

They look like snaps. It's all I can see.

I love this.

For those worried about the mid century integrity of the dresser, if you read the post, it's a dresser from target brand new!

Not my style, but very cute! :)

(And, people: it's a pressed-wood dark block-y Target dresser. There's not much you can do that will straight-up "ruin" that. Drilling into hard-wood furniture, fine, but with a Target dresser as a starting point, whatever you can do with it that'll make you happy should count as an improvement...)

You turned a very plain dresser into something really nice for practically nothing. Nicely done.

I LOVED Family Affair!

Here did you get those lids?

Clever, looks cool. I agree with Lorint--they do look like snaps, but I think that's fun.

OMG. I love this. Genius!

Wonderful!

While I really love the idea, I would have picked something darker. aluminium don't often look 'expensive'.

I have an actual mid century dresser with metal circle knobs set in the wood and I am shocked at how this truly recreates that look!!! Wow! Also it appears there were negative comments on here at one time? where are they? I love reading the negative comments.

I think it looks great for minimal cost. Much better than the plate that was drilled into the dresser I just bought, but this gives me an idea to scuff the handles up and spray paint them. Anyway, it looks good.

@MRCARLOSRFERNANDEZ - You can find canning lids anywhere, WalMart, Lowes (during canning season), Albertson's, Target, etc. Just look in the canning section of the stores. :-)

What a smart idea! I would never have thought of something so creative. Great job!

I love, love this! So simple and so chic!

Wow. Great use of materials. Very impressed with the final look. Now where can I use that trick?

I think this looks great. Are they blocking negative comments, though? Unless they're downright hostile and vulgar, I don't think negative (or positive ones for that matter) should be blocked. A dissenting opinion is okay...

Nice result.

Spray painting the lids with a Silver Hammered Metal paint would add a bit more dimension.

I agree with the "Looks like snaps" comments.

It would be really clever if you could come up with a small stash container to sit on the top that looks like the other half of the snap! I think I've seen something like this in the kitchen section of most stores.

I thought "oh my Gawd" when I read the post but once I saw the After picture I have to say this is a brilliant idea and I applaud you for your creative thinking and neat execution!
Well done.

Deleting negative comments seriously damages the integrity of the site. And its confusing because haters are the hallmark of AT!

Boy do I feel old. I remember those doors!

Haha, very good!

Fantastic idea. I'd have chosen a different finish myself, but thats a matter of taste. Got me wondering what rectangular materials I could use for a similar look.

I don't visit or comment much anymore, since AT went over-the-top with deleting dissenting opinions. Mind you, I didn't often write those sort of comments, but I liked that they were there. Eliminating them has cheapened the site for me, and I'm sure I'm not the only reader losing interest. Shame.

Thank you, guys! I appreciate all the comments, the good, the bad, and the "I like the before better." I never saw any negative ones, and I don't personally have the clearance to delete them, so I don't know what happened to them if they were there. I assure you I can take it. I love how nothing inspires AT commenters' passions like a dresser before and after.

PS I actually debated using a gold tone for the knobs, but went with silver because my husband is brass intolerant.

Love them!!! Great Job!!! Gold would have made them look "cheap"

@KatieDoh: This is the most clever thing I've seen on AT in a LONG time! When I read the title I was thinking it would look like a chinsy mess but damn if you didn't pull out a brilliant after!

Also: lol at "brass intolerant."

Just genius!

(I happen to like brass, too.)

stylish improvement on a ho-hum dresser

VERY clever idea that manages to look sophisticated and not at all twee or too crafty. I love this!

My only critical comment (don't hate me!) is that I think after doing such an amazing job on the dresser, you need a bigger mirror over it. I think the mirror is too small and detracts from your excellent DIY.

That is so creative! Nice work!

Way to make a Malm look high-end!

Neat-o!

I don't know whether it has mid-century flair or not, but I'm sure it doesn't have "flare" of any kind. Aside from that, as a total klutz myself when it comes to DIY, I applaud your ingenuity. It would have never occurred to my mind, and even if it had I wouldn't have known how to proceed.

When I first read the title of the post I was like what the what?? But I was pleasantly surprised at how well this turned out!

I love when people come up with creative ideas like this especially when it is exectued well. I also loved Family Affair. Oh bummer if negative comments were deleted.

One of the cleverest ideas I've seen here. Practical, inexpensive, and GREAT looking.

Shut the front door! This is amazeballs!

What a clever, clever idea. kudos!

I was interested to know if I was the only one who did not like the re-do of the dresser at all, so I waited and am completely surprised by the lack of "I'm not a fan" comments. (For me it is about proportion; it just reads clunky but then I know I prefer clean lines and do not like the aluminum look.)

I can't imagine why AT would delete them but their lack is rather telling. Very rarely does the AT community unanimously like something...which completely makes sense as we all have our own design aesthetic.

I really hope this isn't the case, AT, because I read the articles here just as much for their feedback as I do for the writing.

genius really! please keep sharing your ideas, you seem like a good source of inspirations for stuff that actually work!

@hayden tompkins I just read this post http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/diy-privacy-windows-sweet-peach-171281 and for the amount of dislike comments, I'm pretty sure AT wouldn't delete comments. We're not all the same you know, maybe the majority of people simply like this

I prefer the cabinet in the before picture. Less is more.

This is so great! I have no memory of the furniture from Family Affair (just a blurred memory of shag carpets, I think), so maybe it would be worth another look!

Oh, nice. Well done.

I remember those over the modern top '60s doors; sometimes the knob was in the center. This jazzes up a contemporary piece. I did something similar using washers and simple Ikea knobs on a 45 drawe piece.

haha I love it! Cheap, creative, and beautiful!

How i like minimalism, the before is better than after, for me. =]
But good job.

I am also in the Before is better boat..

Very clever and such a nice impact with minimal cost!

Spray paint them and use more decorative pulls; I like the look of glass myself.

If you mean stylish it is spelled "flair," not "flare"

This looks great! I remember those amazing front door pulls as well and think Sebastian Cabot would be proud.

How do you folks remember the hardware from Family Affair, and what other design lessons can be learned there? Now I must google and see what I can find. I think this is brilliant! So clever to pull that memory and adapt it with available materials!

Liked the 'before' but LOVE the 'after'!! What a brilliant idea!

"Brass Intolerant." Ha ha, very well phrased!

Nice job. You are very creative!!

OK, you got me. I couldn't see how this was going to be anything but miserable, but it's delightful. (And I too remember the doors on "Family Affair.")

We bought that exact dresser, and it started to fall apart after about a year of regular use. Sad. I hope yours holds up a little bit better than mine did!

this is not good design & this is not a good solution; the only thing forgivable is that it is not done on a quality piece (but someone will ruin a quality piece doing this, so the idea really should not be posted). recently-posted makeunder of lane dresser is better goal.

TMOORE, for rectangular, how about the bottoms of anchovie or sardine tins? Be a pain to cut down, but they have lovely rounded corners. Gotta go now, I feel a bunch of haters arriving.

cute idea.

I was a bit worried at first. Because the before while lacking something had a charm to it and the finish was okay, I was expecting something painted or a hack job on the drawers. The knobs however are perfect, now it looks like something out of a Palm Springs resort.

Mrs Beasley would be proud.

That is ingenious! and it really takes this dresser to a whole new level. LOVE it!