I have a new repurposed furniture project to share with you today. It’s a hall table (sofa table) made out of a dresser. Do you remember last month when Mindi shared her blue dresser made into a bench? We were actually working on the same kind of project without even knowing it.
You know I love cutting up furniture. Although this one wasn’t really too hard, it was a little harder than I expected.
Here’s how it all started . . .
I picked up this $10 dresser at a yard sale last Fall. I didn’t really have a clue what I was going to do with it. Then last month I had an idea.
I felt like it wanted to be a table, but I didn’t want to build a base for it. I started by removing some of the drawers.
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I LOVE what I do! There’s something about furniture demolition that is really fun!
I used my jigsaw to cut out each end of the dresser. Not the best execution of a design…. but it’s all good!
These were the pieces that fell to the ground as I was cutting.
To do this, I drew a line right on the edge of the support pieces, then drilled a hole in order to allow my blade to start the cut.
This is what I was left with.
I used a scrap piece of plywood to create a bottoms shelf.
There were definitely some veneer issues.
I mixed up some DIY chalky paint primer using some blue oops paint from Home Depot.
This was the strangest oops paint I have ever used. When I opened the can, the color (see the lid) did NOT resemble the fingerprint on the lid. This can was very full, and I had a difficult time stirring it. You’ll see the messy can in the picture below.
EDITED TO ADD: On the top of the can, it says the name of this color is Dark Denim.
I had to stir, and stir, and stir to get the pigments to blend to make the correct color. Oops! I made a huge mess! But I finally got rid of the really bright blue paint, and got the prettiest blue ever!
I gave everything a light sanding and prepared to paint the piece with my Homeright Finish Max.
Using the Plaster of Paint mixture as a primer, I did two light coats of blue. I also did a primer coat of blue on a cabinet door that I was making into a But First. Coffee sign.
I prefer to patch my pieces after the primer coat, so I can see exactly what is really showing up. I did two coats of spackle, sanding in between.
Then we had a couple of snow storms and this project was waiting patiently to be finished. Over the weekend, we had some pretty weather, and in between working on the DIY picket fence arbor, I was able to put two coats of paint on the dresser hall table.
I prefer to paint the underneath side of my pieces—for a more finished look.
TIP: to get the best coverage on the top of a dresser or table, lay the piece down so you’re spraying vertically instead of horizontally.
This is after 2 coats of the chalky paint primer.
I was considering these great handles, but they were too big. for the small sections.
I know the drawers are in wrong here, but this is the way they fit best.
To get a nice smooth surface, I like to use some brown craft paper to sand the surface before spraying the top coat of paint.
Pretty Handy Girl loves this project!
I added some pulls I purchased from my friends at D. Lawless Hardware .
I would love it if you would PIN this!
After seeing how Mindi painted the outside of her drawers, I decided to try it with this project. I typically don’t like to do this because the drawers tend to stick. I only did one light coat of the chalky paint on the sides of each drawer.
What do you think? I’ve made a lot of dresser projects, and I currently have one more “dresser in waiting”.
This dresser is in the queue for projects, what would you like to see me do to it?
gail
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This is an old post, so this may never be read. However, I'm curious as to what you used for the top two coats? I saw you used that Oops blue paint to make some chalk paint primer, but is that the same thing you used for the top two coats? Love it and just now experimenting with DIY chalk paint. Thank you!
Connie,
Surprise! I read all my comments, no matter how old the post is. 🙂
To clarify, I used the oops paint mixed with Plaster of Paris as a primer.
THEN, I used the paint "out of the can" for the topcoats. It's been my favorite paint technique for years now. It's an easy way to primer with the same color you're using to finish the project.
I sure hope that clears it up.
Always here to help,
gail
Very clever. Thanks so much for sharing your inspiration and how-to's.
Thanks for stopping by to check out this project. It's really been quite popular on Pinterest. 🙂
gail
I love the "blue"............I'm more of a cottage white or black, but this is a refreshing change. My question or comment is: I assume you like your Homeright paint sprayer...........I ordered on, but it did not spray as I had thought, I found it difficult to use and also kind of messy. I'm sure I didn't know what I was doing because SO MANY are using it, do you have any helpful suggestions?...............also I have been repurposing furniture for many years..........but I still love all the NEW ideas, .......especially the way you "take apart furniture"........LOVE IT
Thank you for always sharing
Mary
Ohhh Mary! I wish I could visit you and give you a personal lesson. You are so right, I love, love, love my Finish Max. Can you expand what you mean by difficult and messy?
In a nutshell:
Strain paint
Fill cup about 1/3 - 1/2 full
Dilute with a little water (for latex paint)
Attach paint cup to sprayer
Turn thumb screw all the way open (sprays more paint that way)
Plug in and Spray!
If you can be more specific, I'd be very happy to help you work through it.
glad you liked the blue!
gail
I love this! I have been looking and trying to decide what kind of entry table I wanted, well this is it!
Hope to be able to get close to what you have done. Thank you so much.
Awesome Sharon! I'm so happy to inspire you to try your own project. Good luck, have fun.
gail
Love the step by step on this transformation and the end result is beautiful. The oops paint was a great color and looks beautiful in the finished pic against your wall which brings me to my question. What is the name of the paint color on your wall? We are in the stages of picking a new paint color for the walls in our home and I'm having the hardest time making a decision.
Thank you!
Jenny,
Thanks for stopping by to check out my hall table made from a dresser! The gray on the wall is an oops color (mistint) at the store. I'm sorry, I can't give you a name or more information. The trick with grays is looking at the neighboring colors on the paint chip samples. I prefer grays that are with blacks. Some grays actually have a lavender hue to them, which I found how the hard way when I painted my kitchen island.
I hope this helps!
gail
This is beautiful! The color is fabulous and the details on the piece really stand out now. Great job!
Thank you Malissa! It was different than anything I'd done. Good news is, it has already found a loving home.
gail
Love it Gail! That color is beautiful, and I LOVE the gold drawer pulls with the blue. Have a great day!!
Thanks so much Kimm! It was a nice project to take on, after wondering for months what I was going to do with it. 🙂
gail
I love this!!! I have an old desk that I picked up for free.... solid wood, that I wanted to do something different with because I do NOT like fixing drawers. I think I may see if I can do something like this with it.
Happy to inspire you Sherry! Good luck and have fun.
gail
I've said it before, you have an amazing eye for seeing what something can be! Another great project. Featured at Be Inspired this morning. Thanks for sharing Gail!
This is my dresser! It was purchased for me with the complete bedroom suite when I was 10 years old (1974)! it was quality stuff in those days and I am amazed at how you transformed it! Currently my son is using my dresser. I wish I had you talent & vision, you did a beautiful job!
How special! I'm so sentimental, that I would never do these type of things to "family" furniture. 🙂
I had my moms antique dresser, and briefly thought about painting it-but my daughter asked me not to, so I refinished it.
gail
I love everything about this makeover. Great job. I'd love to have this in my home.