Intro

Hi Everyone!I am starting this blog, because I've had quite a few inquiries about how I have been doing my DIY projects as of lately. I have always loved arts and crafts, but recently I dove into fixing up old furniture...something I honestly never saw myself doing. It all began with our family's BIG move out of Southern California to Colorado! (Something else I also never saw myself doing!) 😛😯

My inspiration to begin this DIY journey, really stems from the fact that we bought a great new home, I stopped working to be at stay at home mom, our family income SERIOUSLY declined without my income, and I really wanted to add some furniture into our new place. Enter....a dresser that the previous owners had left in the garage! Yes! This would be the perfect canvas for my completely novice run at this! I knew that I wanted a red dresser to go in our master bedroom, so I knew this would totally fit the bill!

Here is the before/after pic and I'll go into the steps of it down below:

 You can see this is a pretty standard color for a dresser and it actually came with the handles you see pictured below. I thought they would still work pretty well, so I decided to keep them.
Here's what I did:

Materials: 
220 grit sand paper
Tack Cloth
Rustoleum primer in white (spray can)
Paint color= Red Geranium (Glidden brand)
2.5 inch brush
small roller

Step 1: (Clean in up)

I wiped down the dresser with slightly soapy water and then used a dry cloth to dry the dresser off. Then I took off all the hardware and set them aside.

Step 2: (Sanding- Go Crazy!)

I lightly sanded with sand paper by hand. (Actually I just gave a piece of sand paper to my 5 year old and told him to go crazy! After looking at me like... "seriously!??" He went for it!) Haahaa....

Step 3: (Wipe down)
Wipe off dust with a Tack cloth. These are slightly sticky cloth that easily pick up any dust left behind from sanding.

Step 4:  Prime...sort of...

Okay, since this was my first project...I'll admit...I didn't really have a clue what I was doing! So I picked up a can of white primer left behind by the previous owners and starting spraying. I got a bit lazy here and didn't do a clean coat of primer. I just kind sprayed very unevenly (which actually ended up giving it a textured/distressed kind of look to it!) That totally happened by chance and it worked. It you want a more formal/finished look then just prime the whole thing evenly.

Step 5: Paint!

After the primer dried I applied the 1st coat of paint. I did 2 coats here and used the brush for areas that the roller was not able to reach. (Note: Make sure the 1st coat has completely dried before applying the 2nd coat)

Step 6:
After the paint in dry you can put back the handles/hardware and it's done!

Note: When moving the dresser to the location you want, take out the drawers! It makes it so much easier and lighter! My 2 older boys were able to help me take the dresser upstairs!

That's it! I think it turned out pretty great for my 1st project. It got the stamp of approval from my hubby! I just LOVE the pop of color! Makes me happy every time I see it! 😊