A black dressers turn for the better

Ok so I am going to brag a bit before I do my post. I have been featured three times in the past 7 days! Yay to me!! It feels good to know that other people think your creations are cool too. My burlap curtains and heart shaped box were featured on Under The Table and Dreaming. Also my tank dress was featured on Tip Junkie this morning! One of my dessert recipes will be featured this week on Ucreate. I am Excited! Thank you to these blogs that have taken the time to read and enjoy my stuff.


Alright now on to my post. I had a little black dresser that was used in my daughters room before I re-decorated it:

 Sorry the only before pic is with the drawers out of it already.

 I sanded it down until it was no longer shiny. I then primed the whole thing:

Looks better already doesn't it!

I then painted it a cream color all over.

 I then bought four medium size black frames and two small silver frames at the dollar store. I also bought some numbers from 1-4 at Lowes. I found two baskets at Goodwill. I wish I had before pics of all this. I don't and I am sorry for that.  I took the baskets and removed the handles on them and painted them turquoise. I then applied numbers to the front of them. I took the black frames, put scrap paper I already had in them and glued them two to each side of the dresser. I then took the silver frames and glued them to the middle of two drawers and put numbers in the middle of the frames. I added some new hard ware and the result:

Perfect little file cabinet (well kind of file cabinet) for my study. Let me know if you have any questions about materials or whatever.

 Michelle