Old Bedroom Suit Redo Day #1

As the girls grow, so do their clothes! The little dresser I bought at K-Mart is just not getting it done anymore.  The clothes are too big and bulky for the little dresser to keep up.  Sadness.  So I purchased a used bedroom suit with dresser with mirror, chest of drawers, and twin bed.  Its well used, dirty, has some chips, and in need of paint!  So that's just what I'm doing. Here are the before photos of the dresser and chest.

 

 

As you can see, I have some work to do! I first took all the drawers out and removed the hardware or fixtures.  I organized the drawers and began washing them and then sanded them.  I used a 3m 220 hand held sander.  No machine required, just pure elbow grease. 

 

 

Once I had all the drawers out, hardware off, sanded and wiped down, I painted the embellished drawers pink.  I used princess pink by Valspar.  I love this paint because it has a primer already in it so no additional paint needed.  Its also super thick so it has a great coat.  I used the door and cabinet roller but also used a small paint brush I got at Wal-Mart in the craft section to paint the edges.

 

 

I really love this pink!!  Its really going to make it pop. Once I had three drawers painted pink, I set to work on the rest of the drawers.  I did those in snowcap white.  Also Valspar! oh! As a side note, Lowe's sales sample bottles of paint.  Maybe a half quart.  Perfect size for this project. 

 

 

 

Amazing! You can barely see the chipped spot in the wood now.  I also managed to get a few of the fixtures spray painted tonight.  I mainly wanted to see what they would look like.  I went with a purple spray paint by Valspar.  Really a deep color that I'm quite pleased with. 

 

 

 

Love the purple.  I'm getting so excited and can't wait to finish this project.  It got too cold and dark on me tonight before I got to the dresser or mirror.  I will pick up the roller and brush again on Wednesday to finish in time for the weekend.  Hopefully I will get the girls moved into their new big girl room this weekend!  I will post more Wednesday night!