Trash to Treasure Dresser

I am no longer a complete refugee crafter! For months all of my current projects have been cluttering my kitchen floor. I finally decided that enough was enough and I needed to find a better place to put them other than their previous home in my son's closet where they were unreachable during that glorious time of day when I get everything done called "naptime."

I found this $30 dresser at a thrift store in poor but sturdy condition and made it over by first painting it with a high adhesion primer and then with latex paint. Some of my supplies were left over from previous projects. I used painters tape to help in creating the stripes.

HANDY TIP: I highly recommend using a small cabinet roller for a project like this. I got one from Lowes. I think the brand was "Whizz." I loved it because it was a sponge with rounded edges so I didn't have to worry about corners or streaks. I wish I'd had it for previous projects, particularly the one where I decided to paint all the kitchen cabinets.

Here are the results:

(Before)

Here's how it looks in my eat-in kitchen: