Repurposed chest of drawers

Here is my latest DIY project. This old beat up chest of drawers is where some of the drawers came from for my "tall wall" redo. In the spirit of the "waste not, want not" attitude here is what I decided to do with the rest. Then I painted it and used an old cupboard shelf and left over tiles I had to make two shelves. Ta da! All finished! More storage space! Whoot Whoot

Here is the chest of drawers I showed you in the craigslist post. I removed all the handles and took the drawers out. I then sanded the whole thing. There were some parts that were the "pressed board" type stuff (I don't really know the technical name) so I just roughed those up a little bit. I then primed it and let it dry for about an hour...just to be sure. Then I painted it with your typical black paint. I used a satin finish. It is actually from the same gallon I bought for the table. I…

Chest of Drawers Wow! do you remember that ugly chest of drawers I got from my friend Cathy? It was in very rough shape and had been mistreated terribly. Sand Away Damage The very first thing I did was grab my Ryobi orbital sander and some 80 grit sandpaper to deal with the top of...

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