Happy Monday!  I am ready for the start of a new week, aren’t you?  Life is slowing down for us just a little after our family reunion.  It always is sad to say good-bye to all the kids and grand kiddos, but, the experience of spending quality time with them is irreplaceable.

I have been busy once again working around our home.  I bought a dresser in May and was finally able to work on it recently.  And, now I am pleased to share my Thrifted Dresser Makeover Using Homemade Chalky Paint.

I started out with this lovely…

Hmm…I was hoping for a solid wood dresser and ended up with a laminate and press-wood finish. Not exactly what I was hoping for. And I had been searching something with a little more personality.

I have looked and looked for a dresser for our bedroom closet for months. Yes, I said to put in our closet.  At the time we had a Cal King bed, which took up much of our bedroom space.  Since buying a new queen size bed, I chose to leave the dresser IN the bedroom.

I decided to make the best of what I had for a terrific transformation, AND give it some personality of my own.

I made chalky paint using this recipe.  It’s easy to make and always works well for me.

The gray is called Antique Gray from Ace Hardware.  The green is Summer Sonnet.  I also used both of these colors when painting our bedroom.  So it seemed logical to paint my thrifted dresser the same colors.

Don’t you love the details on each corner?  I thought about taking them off and adding new nails, but I like the old, worn look.

The drawer handles look amazing after I scrubbed and cleaned them up.  They look shiny and new now.

 I am loving the silver detail in-between the drawers. Amazing what a little cleaning can do.

My Thrifted Dresser Makeover Using Homemade Chalky Paint looks perfect along side my new quilt, too.

My next step for this dresser COULD be adding a stencil. Maybe, just maybe.  It has to be the RIGHT stencil. And I haven’t found it just yet.  I figure if it took me months to find a dresser, it might take me months to find a stencil (huge smile and a wink).

If you are out and about looking for THE right piece of furniture and you can’t seem to find it, remember you, TOO can transform it like I did with my Thrifted Dresser Makeover Using Homemade Chalky Paint.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I love having you here.  It makes my day!

Make it a marvelous Monday!