Like it, glad the original knobs were used, because they are great. Although nipple rings would have looked good too, ha ha, anyone else miss those?

I'm not one to automatically naysay painting a wood piece, but I don't care for the after. The proportion of the black lines ends up very clunky and ungraceful. I think I'd like this concept better with less contrast -- like cream on white.

Wow, Nicole. That was fugly and you made it delightful. Don't worry about the peanut gallery. Invariably there are three who would have done it differently or better. And, at least three that liked it better before. Welcome to AT.

I like it! I probably would have stained the trim and top instead of painted it black but I am totally obsessed with the dark wood + white paint look.

I likey. I'd love to see the night stands.

I like this a lot, it's the best after so far.

I love Before and Afters.

I think it looks like there's a little face on the middle of the chest, black eyes and a little smile.

Awesome job...I love it!

great job!!!!! :)

Wow! Thanks for the feature:) You totally made my day, and thanks everyone for the sweet comments (even the "peanut gallery") I'm ok with others opinions, this suits our room really well and we love it!

Wow, I think it's beautiful! Great job!

Love it! I've been on the lookout for an old dresser with good shape to paint.

That. Is. Gorgeous.

Love it Love it Love it.

Great job.

If you just look at the before picture and scroll up and down really fast with your mouse wheel, it looks like the dresser is jumping off the screen and attacking you. Try it...

okay.. maybe too much wine. :)

quiltmaster - your post cracked me up!

i absolutely LOVE the dresser! even the original knobs/pulls look great now that they have a new coat of paint. props for doing that, i probably would've tossed them, thinking they wouldn't look right..but they're perfect! fantastic job on the makeover!

@quiltmaster
Not so fast... how many high-fives for Nicole's dresser will you really read before dropping off?

If she's like me, she had to pick one of several ideas to transform that dresser. Maybe in five years she'll tire of it, or her needs will change and she can try another. Meanwhile, criticism and praise alike may inspire another reader to have a go.

ps. Semi-gloss will highlight details like those claw feet.

Love it, really yucky piece to begin with, I probably would have passed it by, unable to invision it any other way.

from horrid to wonderful - love it!

A significant improvement! Probably lots of us can envision color schemes that would work with our own decor, but classic black and white is a winner!

I'm not typically one for painting vintage pieces of furniture, but I agree that thing WAS in the before, and it looks great now.

I would personally do something different, but not MUCH different... I might have gone still high contrast but slightly different, as I've been dabbling in shades of grey lately, probably a really pale grey with an almost charcoal deep grey as the trim.

Still, it's an ugly duckling turned swan in this project.

love love love love :)

Good Golly Miss Molly, it's a work of art. The painting is perfection. And the beautiful hardware was saved and painted black. A+ I just love it.

PS I think glossing the black, and perhaps the entire piece, would be even more amazing.

I do like before, but I like after even more.

I do like before, but I like after even more.

I do like before, but I like after even more.

She did a fine job, but I find the color choices clunky. A few years from now, high-contrast painted furniture is going to look incredibly dated. Sure, you can say that about anything that's trendy, but it's definitely mainly a trend since it's easier to put on a coat of paint (even something labor-intensive like this) than to really rehab and restain a piece. Ease-of-DIY doesn't necessarily make for classic style.

Usually I hate it when people paint wood and tend to be the @akay of the bunch... but is that "before" even wood? It looks like MDF or veneer (unstainable). And even if it's real wood, the lines of that dresser aren't appealing in wood color. Anything would've been an improvement on this clunker (not to take away from your lovely re-do, Nicole).

Oh quiltmaster, if you don't like it here, just go, don't get snarky.

I think it's pretty obvious the dresser isn't wood, so paint and paper were the only options. It's a wierd piece to begin with, the legs and lower pulls at odds with the upper portion. I think this treatment embraces that and in doing so, it works.

I love it! Very creative.

Kushkush - Oh chill out. Quiltmaster speaks the truth.

Great vision and great job!