Another happy ending with a hand-me-down dresser!

This dresser was graciously given to us by my mom. Before that, it was my dad's dad's piece of furniture. Not sure when it was painted, but the light teal had to go.

We learned from the wood flooring experience, that paint stripper can be wonderful if you use it right. So we thought first we would try that.

It worked pretty good. The plastic scrapper on the top left is the best thing ever. The plastic is better at being gentle with the wood. The edges of the scraper also keep from spilling the scrapped paint. I like it a lot better than putty knives, which is what we used during the flooring project.

The wood on the actual drawers didn't turn out to be the prettiest (plywood looking). So instead of spending a ton of time sanding each speck of paint off only to have average looking finished wood underneath, we decided to paint it.

We got new knobs at wal mart, and we decided on a round style to match the other dresser in our room. The color we matched with our window trim.

I am very happy with the way it turned out!