Looking to hunker down with a great DIY project this winter? There's no better time. We were awestruck by some of these hand painted recycled children's dressers.
Each dresser completely changes the room they are in. They represent everything from an injection of color or theme to on-trend patterns. One woman used a mobile as inspiration, another her son's love of cars. One is wallpapered! Whether it's as simple as changing the knobs to a complete unrecognizable overhaul, there's a lot of love evident in these dresser makeovers.
TOP ROW:
1. Colorful drawers from Oh Joy!
2. Before & After chevron refresh via Design*Sponge
3. Seaworthy Before and After, Musings
4. Carefully selected knobs from Girl's Gone Child
5. Wallpapered Dresser
BOTTOM ROW:
6. Changing Table Transformed Into Driving Dresser
7. Painted Elephant Dresser
8. Drea's Darling Home
9. Updated Mid-Century Dresser
10. Union Jack Dresser
(Images: 1. Joy Cho 2. Courtney Schutz 3. Miriam/Musings 4. Rebecca Woolf 5. Misty via Picnics Under the Moon 6. Helping Little Hands 7. Cina Kjellsson via Bloesem 8. Drea's entry to Small/Cool 2011 9. CarolynZ for Casa Sugar 10. Sheridan French/The Southern Eclectic)
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Great inspiration for DIY! I am in love with that first photo - esp the color combo with the brass hardware.
Just did a salvage with my cousin! These are great for adding some pattern and excitement to the rooms too.
The Union Jack dresser is stunning! I'm a bit obsessed with dressers and their endless rehab possibilities. I recently took a curbside find and turned it into a buffet for my plates, coffee cups and other pretty things: http://everyday-pretty.com/2011/10/20/curbside-beauty/
I wish I need 10,000 dressers. That's the only way I could feed my obsession. I recently redid a dresser similar to #9. It was a lot of fun! We chose to leave the bottom drawers the same and only embellish the top three. It turned out well. (Although the photos aren't Apartment Therapy quailty). I love a good mid century dresser!!
Here's mine: http://mommyscigar.com/2012/01/04/mid-century-christmas-le-finished/
Beautiful! Maybe if I get rid of the boyfriend and all his clobber I'll have room for some of these beauties. Lovely.
Oh, yes, the union jack dresser is gorgeous as well as the turquoise dresser.
These turned out better than I would have expected from your average AT DIY post. I like most of them, but in particular 3. Seaworthy Before and After, Musings stands out as being exceptionally good - original, and the wood grain enhances the stencil and adds depth to the areas where it is exposed. Well done.
I love the union jack dresser... that's amazing!
Wow! What a fun surprise to be browsing a favorite blog and see our "Driving Dresser" featured. Thanks! It made my day.
I am loving these colors! Can I throw some into the mix? My mom made these and I just love how they turned out:
http://creativityinthewilderness.blogspot.com/2011/12/boring-furniture-is-for-boring-people.html
These are great! And it gives me some ideas for painting my grandmother's old princess desk.