My daughter was in dire need of a dresser to store all of her clothes, and getting a new one wasn't in the budget. So I scoured Craigslist to see if I could find something I liked that was a bargain. I happened to find a maple gem that was solidly built and just needed some updating. This is a photo of a similar dresser "before" since I cannot for the life of me find my before photos (ah...the joys of finding things after you've moved - including which phone, camera, etc. the digital file was on!)
The process was pretty simple. I just used my husband's orbital sander to remove some of the shine and give the paint something to stick to. Then I filled the holes from the original drawer pulls with some wood filler and let it dry. Then I gave it one last sanding to smooth out the wood filler.
Then I applied three coats of white paint and a couple of coats of Minwax poly in a satin finish (sorry - no painting pix).
My husband helped with measuring the center of the drawers and drilling the holes for the new knobs:
The final product - which is going to look FANTASTIC in my daughter's bedroom :)
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