Dresser Inspiration

I am of the opinion that a dresser (and all furniture for that matter, but especially a dresser) should be both practical and beautiful. I have a dresser in Adele’s room that is large, with deep drawers that open and close smoothly (which is pretty much my criteria for a practical dresser). It is also made of real, solid wood and has beautiful lines (I am a sucker for turned legs). But, the finish on the wood is pretty sad – so, it’s not exactly looking beautiful right now. I actually love the look of the natural wood, but I don’t know how to repair it. IMG_0439

I think some foam tape was used on the top (before I bought it used on craigslist), and it has some significant chips and dings. And, I’m not in love with the traditional drawer pulls.

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Someday, I’d love to turn it into something like this! Incidentally, this is a picture of a page I ripped out of a magazine before the days of Pinterest (this is actually from 2007!)

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In Adele’s room, which is where I need it to continue to live for now, it would be best to stay deep brown wood, so I will be looking into how to make the chips and dings less noticeable. Any suggestions. I don’t need the finish to be perfect, but I want it to look at least a little bit more taken care of.

 

EDITED TO ADD: I found THIS article that I read several years ago – so that’s my plan of attack, for both this dresser and the armoire in Everett’s room (pic HERE). I’ll let you know how it goes!

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