It's not a true 'before' photo because about halfway through painting I realized I didn't get a photo of the dresser before I started so I quickly snapped a photo of the drawers that I hadn't touched yet so that ya'll get a better idea of what she looked like before we got her all painted and pretty.
I was drawn to this piece because of the detailing (is it called moulding?) on the front of the drawers.
Mama like. And originally I planned to paint it all white and then distress it but I decided to go with a blueish-grey since our couch is a creme color and I wanted the console to be the focus, especially with it's purdy drawer fronts. I still distressed it after painting it and I sealed the top with poly but I left the drawers unpolyed because I actually won't mind if it gets more dings and scratches on it to add to the distressed look and in my house they are bound to get a little more roughed up over the years thanks to my basketball team otherwise known as my children.
My plan was originally to put the two top drawers on hinges so that we could open them in a downward motion and access the electronic equipment. But when I bought the hinges and went to put them on I realized that the way the dresser was made prevented it from allowing the drawers space to fold down (I hope that makes sense). So I opted to simply take the two top drawers out completely. Then I unscrewed the drawers thingies on the inside of the dresser (sorry, I don't know the real name of the thingies). I did this so that I could get a solid piece of wood to use as a spot to put the electronics on.
I orb'd the hardware (I liked the unique style of it and thought it added to the vintage look but wasn't digging the '90's brassiness of it) and voila!
It proved difficult to capture on camera 1. the true color and 2. the details of the distressing. That probably has to do with the fact that I currently have the big honking piece of furniture slid in a small little space (so small that I can't even get a straight on shot of the bad boy) and there is no natural light in this area so the lighting is terrible.
I plan to line the drawers with simple drawer liners. For now they look like this:
Not too bad - right?
For now the piece isn't getting much use besides Jersey laying on top where the television will eventually go, he is going to be very disappointed when we move in a couple weeks and he is no longer able to lay on top of it. Maybe he'll just protect it by playing Guard Kitty and laying in front of it like he is here:
And you can see that we've begun packing. Ugh. My house is covered in boxes and chaos, but two more weeks and we'll be outta here - woot!
And just for fun, here's another photo of Ariana posing like Jersey in front of our newly refinished TV stand, which she helped my paint by the way.
She even put on a serious "Jersey face"...I think she nailed the look. Jus' sayin'...
So there it is, our new tv stand. When we are all settled in the new house and we are actually using the tv stand for it's intended purposes I'll do another post so that you can truly appreciate the awesomeness of it. Ha.
This dresser turned TV console is the second of four pieces I bought a few weeks ago. The nightstand redo is here. And next week I'll show you the third piece, I just need to do a few finishing touches to it over the weekend.
Update: I finally posted some photos of our new tv stand all set up in our new house. Click here to check it out!
Lorri
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