Monday, November 11, 2013

Olive and Myers Dresser Redo

My husband and I aquired this dresser. It wasn't much to look at when we started so I wanted to make it pretty again. First here is the maker:

Such a cute sticker. I was also happy to see it was dove tailed and on the back it says its Satin Wood
I started with this:





Yes the hardware was dangling off the drawers


I had to think about what to do with this dresser because of all the cosmetic damage. 
So I decided I needed to paint the drawer fronts and the sides of the dresser  
and that I would stain the other parts.
Do you see how deep the circles are from the hardware. Crazy. So I filled it all with wood filler:

Then I sanded the whole thing down. the finish was so old it came off pretty easily,
 I didn't have to use the electric sander, just did it by hand.


There it is all sanded.


Then I taped off the parts that I didn't want painted and zinsser primed it with my wooser oil based paint brush. I took a 320 grit sand paper and sanded off any paint lines, drips and inconsistencies. 


Then I sanded the wood filler off to make it as smooth and flat as possible (I used 320 grit here also) and Zinsser primed them. I chose a flat beige paint for my color. I used a flat paint because I like to put a finish on top of the paint for better durability. I used Minwax polycrylic water based polyurethane on top of it with a foam brush.


Then I stained it with dark walnut minwax, just one coat.


 Then it was time to decide what to do about the hardware.
 I thought about just replacing it but this size was a little hard to find.
 If they were in better shape I would have left them in their original state
 because I think they were originally beautiful:

However they were scratched up and crazy looking. 
 So I went with an aluminum colored spray paint. 
I did this so the dresser can be used anywhere for anyone.

Here they are close up and attached

And here is the final product:


 Some close ups of the little details in the wood


 The top
and the bottom

I like how it turned out!

Miriam

4 comments:

  1. I have a dresser similar to this one that needs a makeover, love how yours turned out!

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  2. I love what you did to this dresser, it's so difficult with this style doing something that suits it - and it really really does :) Nice job x

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