The Magic of Paint

I love our new house and want to make it the prettiest house on the block. However, instead of spending money on new furniture I decided to try to save a few bucks here and there by taking old or cheap items and making them look fabulous.



My mom's before painting,
I didn't want to paint over it!



Dresser Before

My latest project was a 5 drawer small dresser.

I had it when I was a kid and my mom, who is extremely crafty, painted it to match my bedroom at the time.

I haven't used it in over a decade but when I moved into our new house my parents were more than happy to get it out of their basement!

I figured why not paint it to match our black furniture and put it in our bedroom. I mean, you can never have too much storage right?!



love that clearance sticker!



I bought some super cheap black paint at Wal-Mart... I wanna say the paint was like $8. While shopping around at Wal-Mart I always go to the clearance section to see if there's something I don't need. And lo-and-behold I found two table lights on sale for $5 each!! They'd be perfect next to our bed! Only problem... they were off-white and our furniture is black.... spray paint it is! I also found heavy silver drawer handles in the clearance aisle. Ten drawer pulls for $4!! They were originally $20. I felt like I had won the lottery! I purchased my paint, spray paint, drawer pulls and lamps for less than $30. Oh man, I could hardly wait to get home to start my new projects!!

So after a quick spray with the spray paint (I bought the Krylon brand) the lamps were complete! I went to my favorite place, Target, to purchase the lamp shades. Each were $8.

My dresser on the other hand took a few coats of paint. But after one evening of painting both projects were done! I have a new found love for painting furniture... this could be trouble!! 

I am so happy with the finished projects!!