So, one of the final pieces from my epic hernia thrift furniture haul was a beat up old dresser I found for $30.
I picked it up to potentially go in our laundry room as a catch-all for storage, but I fell in love with it’s original hardware, and decided it was far to pretty to hide in the land of lint and hang drying jeans.
I wasn’t entirely sure what direction to go on this one, but thankfully my mom stepped in, and we hunted down the perfect burnt orange, and used stain to give it some wear, similar to a dresser I rehabbed last year.
Long story short, I’m in love.
Gorgeous!
Love the dresser! Where did you get the horse pictures that are in the background!?
omg love. that’s it, i need to seriously give some consideration to rehabbing old pieces like this instead of looking at new $$$$$ stuff in the stores.
so amazing and unique!
This is gorgeous and amazing! The only thing I find in thrift stores here in Florida are bed bugs.
I know some fabulous thrift stores in South Florida – where are you from??
We are in Orlando. We have a nice Goodwill “boutique” but furniture can be hard to find. I am finding fun and funky pieces in antique stores north of here, though.
Direct me to where I can get that horse canvas {?} in the back ground…quick please :)
Love it! The details are amazing. What a great find.
Please, buttercup, tell me you’re kidding. I was all excited. :(
With wooden items, it’s not that bad. I just miss the days of being able to buy a couch on craigslist. :-) I do find that things are more expensive here. I am from the West and it was a lot easier to find a deal there.
So, so pretty. The details on the side are spectacular. My husband has an all day retreat tomorrow. Maybe I’ll take the kids antiquing :)
GORG! Seriously I love that color!! I need to get out of the baby fog and get back to redoing my house. Blarg! :)
Gorgeous! But I too would like to know where you got the horse!
Okay. You did a phenomenal job. If this whole “published author” thing doesn’t work out for you, you can start your own furniture rehab business!
Love the color..wish I was daring enough to try bold colors! I am such a freakin chicken
Karen, that’s the beauty of paint. Try the bold color. If you don’t like it… repaint. Or ease into it with a neutral… like an eggshell, and do a bold color stencil.
OMG… that is beautiful.
I have a dresser in my basement that is in dire need of a redo. I was thinking of painting it a soft white, but this is inspiring me to look at color options again. :)
I NEED that giant horse picture in the background!
Brittany – PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE tell me you did the horse painting!!!
I love the color. You did a great job.
How could you not be in love with it – it’s eff’ing FABULOUS!!!!! Wish I had your eye and talent, that’s for damn sure!!
Sweet shit woman, where have you been hiding all my adult (shitty-furniture, I-have-a-picture in my mind of what you could be) life? …Julie…Hello?
Great job!
I never would have thought about using an orange like that, but it is absolutely gorgeous!
Could you teach a class on how to have vision for garage sale finds? When I am looking for furniture I can never see the potential, but then you get your hands on it and it turns into something beautiful.
Absolutely stunning. Gorgeous color!
I’m just going to go ahead and say it.
THIS IS TOTALLY WORTH A HERNIA.
It looks super awesome.
holy crap! That’s amazing!!
Horse picture!!!! I need it. Can you tell us where it came from?
I love the dresser. In the “before” pic you could hardly notice all the awesome details in the woodwork…great job and great choice in finish. Beautiful.
Can I ask were you got the horse painting? I love the three panels and the size.
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