Making Big Boy Furniture Last

I recently painted a couple of dressers for a friend. It was her husband's furniture when he turned five! To be honest, I wasn't sure if they would look any better after painting them and adding hardware.

Here are a few before pictures...

Do you see how the drawers overlap the cabinet? That will help explain the next picture.

Because of that, the drawers needed to be removed and wrapped like presents before I could paint them. If I didn't wrap them, the overspray from the sprayer would have been all over the sides and insides of the drawers. This was my husband's idea and it worked perfectly.

Let us get one more look at the orange finish shall we?

I think the big impact for these dressers is the hardware. They didn't have any their whole life until now.

For the long one, I put all the pulls on and didn't love it. So I used wood filler and filled the newly drilled holes so I could use the glass pulls on the top three drawers.

I think the glass pulls make all the difference on both dressers.

So what do you think? Big boy furniture making a comeback? ;)

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