This past week I spent in Omaha, Nebraska visiting my brother-in-law, sister, and niece. The week started great, but both Jenny and I spent about 4 days laying on the couch because of some obnoxious virus. In the time that we were not sick we were able to work on a project of Jenny's. Recently, Jenny saw an old dresser on the side of the road. This thing was pretty gross- I'm talking cobwebs on the inside, stickers on the top, and some girls name carved into the side... but through all of that Jenny saw potential! We transformed the old dresser into a chic new bookcase. Here is the dresser transformation:
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| Dresser after we ripped out 2 of the tracks. |
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| After sanding it down! |
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| Painted and filled with books! |
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| We love a finished project!! Alexis is a diyer in training! |
For the most part it was an easy project. It probably would have been a bit more challenging had Josh not stepped in when we were trying to hammer out the 2 old dresser tracks...I learned a crow bar is an incredibly helpful tool. After ripping out the old tracks we very carefully measured and got the friendly people at Home Depot to cut some shelves for us. We both sighed a breath of relief to see that we actually measured correctly and the shelves fit!! This was my first experience with a power sander and I must say I am a fan (how dorky would it be if I asked Jason for one for Christmas?), in no time at all the dresser was sanded down and ready to be painted. We ended up using 3.5 cans of black, semi-gloss spray paint on it. Yes, it also took us 3 trips to Home Depot and I was afraid those people were going to think we were huffing the paint instead of painting a bookcase! Once it was dry we moved it to three different spots in the house and then decided on the place that Jenny originally had it. I think it is the great addition to the basement in their house.
