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.

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.

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!)

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!