My apologies for the crap-tastic photo, but you get the picture. You can find previous posts about this handsome pair here and here.
Well folks, I finally finished it. After what was a couple of years, I'm finally in a place where I am confident enough that I won't be changing them again. I present to you the ugly duckling of dressers, now a swan.
Swoon!!! The wood top was added and secured with brackets so that little trinkets and make-up brushes did not fall in between the cracks of the dresser... because that wasn't annoying at all.
I also added three coats of clear poly to the top because the wood was too beautiful to mask. For a fool proof application, follow the instructions on the can. **Big Tip: Sand in between coats, starting with a medium grit sandpaper and working your way down to a very fine grit sandpaper.
In the end, these $16.00 dressers were a process, a thorn in my side, and a pebble in my shoe, but I am beyond thrilled that I stuck with it.
Final breakdown of cost:
$16.00 Dressers
$28.00 Wood
$3.00 Brackets
$3.00 Tarn-x
"Free" Paint
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$50.00 Total
Cost of a legit campaign dresser online? $1,800.00. You do the math.
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