Recycling Furniture

OK.  So maybe a hand-painted dresser isn't within your artistic capabilities.  Start with a smaller piece of furniture.  But if there are some drab looking dressers sitting around that might cheer up the surroundings if they were spiffed up a bit, try this.


The dresser in the picture sits in our guest bedroom at home.  It was an old, inexpensive piece that didn't add much to it's surroundings.  The transformation was brought about by first priming and then applying a coat of pale green paint to the dresser.

For the floral decor on the front I took a poster and cut it into strips that were the size of the drawer fronts.  That's right.  I did not paint the flowers onto the front of the dresser.  It's a poster cut into strips that are glued onto the drawer fronts.  Remove the drawer pulls first and then reattach them when the poster is in place.

Next I sponged some of the green paint along with some cream colored paint along the sides of the poster to blend in the edges.  Voila!  A lovely piece with not a lot of work or skill.  Just a good way to use and use up in order to make surroundings just a little nicer.

Happy recycling!