Sheet Music Decoupage- Dresser

So after taking on my son's room, I decided that I also wanted to create a piece for my daughter.  I found a Stanley dresser on Craigslist for $35. It was in good structural shape but had been painted white and chocolate.  I was not worried about the white paint so much but the chocolate was going to be a pain so I decided to decoupage the drawers.  Now the big decision was what the heck do I decoupage to it? My fear was to use too many colors or images and make the furniture look more like a joke than a true piece of art, so I decided to go simple and use sheet music. I purchased the smaller sheets of vintage music from Etsy as I did not want to use our sheet music because they were all different ages.  Some were more white or more brown than others.  My goal was to have a uniform color.

Before 

Mod Podge is your friend. I had never decoupaged nor used mod podge but I found it very easy to use.

*Tip*Set up the images on the surface as you want them before you start to glue them on.  Once you start adding the mod podge it will allow you to make changes for a short period of time but after a while it becomes super sticky and the paper pulls apart.

After

I painted the dresser a bright pink and filled the trim with the tan acrylic paint I had left over from the faux granite kit. I purchased new knobs ($1.15) each from Home Depot and painted them the same bright pink as the dresser.


If Mod Podge is your friend, Polycrylic is your best friend! I apply at least two coats to all of my furniture makeovers to protect all of my hard work.

Dresser Refinished with Aluminum Foil

Bought a dresser from Craigslist for $25. We are going with an industrial theme in my son's room, so I thought that I would paint it a metallic color but after doing some research I decided I did not want to sand the entire dresser. So I then looked at silver leafing it but didn't want to pay the price for the silver. Sooo I turned to a $3 box of aluminum foil and crossed my fingers.

Original dresser

Once I started putting the aluminum foil on the drawers my first thought was...OMG! What have I done? This is fugly. But I continued on in hopes that it would get better.

But once I added a little black acrylic paint to it, I started to see the potential

In the end, my son ended up with a one of a kind dresser that fits the industrial them perfectly!

Faux Granite Table

In the search for a larger dining table, we ran into a few problems-  1. We didn't have space for a larger table. The solution- bench seats. 2. The cost of new furniture. The solution- DIY.

I was a little hesitant to take on such a project as I can't even draw a stick figure but with cost savings as my motivation I gave it a try. 

I found a table on Craigslist for $40 (that way I wouldn't feel so bad if I totally jacked it up). It was in pretty bad condition with scratches and water damage.

Here is the table after I faux painted it without the acrylic top coat

Up Close

With acrylic top coat and glass top (to protect the paint and easy cleaning)

Being my first DIY project I am very pleased with the outcome.