The Dresser: Part One

Hello everyone! 

I have been a very busy little bee lately, which is why I haven't been able to post very regularly. I am trying though! I promise! 

Today's DIY is a big one... refinishing a dresser. For my guest room, I am refinishing and upcycling several pieces of furniture. The theme for the room is grey and purple and white, which I think has a very lovely look to it. We have a bright purple focus wall, and a very very light grey on the other three walls. I will keep you up to date on what i do in this room, because i think that this is the biggest DIY project I have done so far. 

But today, I am focusing on the dresser. this is an older dresser that I received from my mom and dad when I was younger. It has seen better days. unfortunately, I abused this lovely dresser when I was younger, carving things into it and spilling stuff onto it. It has been brave, and now it gets a make over. I am painting it white because with that bold purple wall, I don't want anything too loud, and I want a very light and bright feel to the whole room. 

I have sanded down the drawers and repainted all of them. I just repainted the front so far. Because they are dirty and stained and not pleasant to look at on the inside, I am going line the inside a light floral pattered drawer liner, and I will be replacing the knobs on the dressers as well, hopefully with something beautiful and ornate looking. 

These are the pictures of me doing my sanding and my painting. Again, I have only done the front of the drawers for right now. I want to look at other DIYs for refrence to see if other have painted the entire drawer, or left them partially wood. What do you think I should do? 

I am using a Black and Decker Mouse sander with P120 (medium) grit paper on it. I am also using a microfiber roller with Behr primer and paint in one paint in white (literally the color you get when you pick the can off the shelves) in an eggshell, I think. I will let you know when i post the second part of the adventure on Tuesday! These dressers only have two coats of paint on them. In order to cover everything, I will probably need to put on two to three more coats. Then they will sit for a week while i work on the body of the dresser and a few other pieces. I am so excited!

Let me know what you think I should do, and let me know if you have any idea on how to update old furniture. 

I hope you enjoyed these little pictures, and i hope that you have a wonderful day and remember: You Can DIY Too!

Warm wishes.