White Antique Dresser Set Makeover – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends! I hope you’re having a great week so far. Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I mean it. It means so much to me that you guys take the time to read about our life week to week and so many of you care and ask about how certain things are going. I think the best kind of recaps from our weeks are with pictures so here’s a quick highlight from the week. 

My friends Jo Ann, Kassy and my mom chipped in to take me out to dinner and to the musical Newsies. My very favorite musical! I loved it more than I can even say.

Are you sick of the birthday celebrations? Well.. they are almost done. My friends Rachel, Sarah and Leah all went out to eat at the Iron Roost in Balston Spa. Have you ever been there?? If not, it’s ahhhhmazing. You must. The end. Oh, and see the little lady to the right of me in the front row? Well, she’s the one we did this furniture makeover for. :)

Over the weekend, the kids launched the rockets that they built. We had never done that before and it was so much fun!

Leah had been looking at a white dresser set at a large furniture store and showed me a picture while we were hanging out at her sister’s house. She asked if we had anything like it. Well, I didn’t but the very next week I went to a barn sale and found this set. I thought we could definitely  make it work. I love where it came from, too. All the money made from the barn sale went straight to an orphanage. We paid them more than they were asking… just love when people think big.

Here it is before:
When Leah stopped by to look at the set, she wanted to have end stands so I told her we could turn this desk into two end stands. We have never done that before and a new challenge is always exciting to me. Probably  because John is the one who is doing the work. lol

She also wanted a headboard for her bed. At the same barn sale, we bought this old door that I bought specifically to make into a headboard for a bedroom set. I’ll have a tutorial on how to make a headboard from an old door for you soon. But for today, I’m going to just share the before and after pics.

We painted everything using Benjamin Moore’s Simply white. I lightly distressed the set, and glazed it using Valspar’s Antiquing glaze. We also used all the original hardware, but spray painted it using Rustoleum’s Oil rubbed bronze. If you would like to see how we paint furniture, check out our How To Paint Furniture post.

Here are the after pictures!

Thank you so much for the business, Leah! It was really fun working with you! Until sooner than next year I hope? ;) 

Having fun upcycling!
Sarah ;)

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