I love repurposed furniture such as old dressers, in fact I just love cutting up old furniture and making it into something new and useful. This collection of old dressers will give you ideas on how to repurpose a dresser that some might deem as trash. You will also see how to give that old dresser a new update with paint, stain, distressing and more.
Storage Bench Made from Old Dresser
This MDF 80’s dresser was in need of some serious TLC. It had water damage to the bottom, but I knew it could live out it’s life as a fabulous new bench.
Hall Table Made from Yard Sale Dresser
By cutting away the bottom portions of an old dresser, a new hall table was born!
Small Dresser Top into Storage Bench
Here’s a great storage bench made from the top of an old dresser and spare table legs.
Old Buffet into Media Center
You may call this a buffet or a dresser, but now it’s a media center holding lots of craft items in the living room.
Roadkill Dresser into Bench
A Curb Find Dresser into Bench
An Old Tall Dresser makes a great Media Center
Remove old dresser drawers to make a media cabinet
Expand your storage options by adding on to your dresser
A great tip for storage is to go UP—adding height and extra storage to a dresser allows more room for great storage.
How To: Old Provincial Dresser into Lovely Bench
An old french provincial dresser makes a lovely turquoise bench
Card Catalog Media Center made from an Unwanted Dresser
A free old dresser is fun to experiment with. This old dresser wanted to be a media center with card catalog drawers.
DIY Lego Table Repurposed Dresser
This chalkboard DIY lego table was made from the top of an old dresser.
Repurposed Dresser to Kids Storage Bench
The Lego table above and this kid’s storage bench were made from the same old dresser.
Old Chest of Drawers Turned Small Bench
The bottom portion of an old chest becomes a new bench.
Chest of Drawers into bookshelf
Remove the drawers of an old dresser add some thin plywood and you have a great bookshelf!
Build your own dresser
If you don’t have an old dresser, you can build a new dresser.
Wicker Dresser into Masculine Cargo Furniture
Former white wicker dresser is now the perfect dresser for a boy’s room
Waterfall Dresser With Damaged Veneer
Don’t let damaged veneer discourage you from giving an waterfall dresser a makeover. This beat up waterfall piece got a new look and a new home.
Chic Dresser Makeover
Give an old dresser a new look with a fresh coat of paint.
Amazing Antique Dresser Refinished
When should you refrain from painting furniture such as in the case of this heirloom dresser?
French Provincial Dresser Makeover
Pretty Provincial dresser Makeover
Plain Pine Dresser into White and Gold Beauty
After being the in the family for year, this new look is perfect for an old pine dresser.
Mid Century Modern Dresser Gets a New Look
A beat up old mid century modern dresser gets a new look, and another chance.
Two Toned Custom Numbered Dresser
Give an old dresser a new custom look with paint and stenciled numbers
Old Emerald Green Dresser
Oh so pretty Emerald Green Dresser Makeover
Painted MCM Dresser Faux Wood Paint Makeover
Amazing transformation of a painted mid century modern dresser with a faux wood paint technique.
How to Distress a Dresser
How to distress a painted dresser.
Wonder Woman Dresser an IKEA hack
IKEA Rast Hack, Wonder Woman Dresser
Painted Vintage Dresser Makeover
Beautiful makeover using milk paint on a vintage dresser.
I hope you have found an idea for that old dresser you’ve been holding in storage, or perhaps the one you’re currently using but have been wanting to replace. I have a couple of old dressers in storage just waiting for their new purpose. 😉
gail
Stopping in to say hi. Your dressers could fill a book ya know. I was going to pick a fav, but that is impossible, although I am partial to the ones turned into consoles.
Thanks for checking in Bliss! I need inspiration for a few dressers I have in storage. They take up a LOT of room. 🙂
take care!!
gail
Gail! You are so endlessly talented. I especially love Dresser upcycles. How inspiring to see all these wonderful ideas! Do you still have your $5 rule?
Pinning so I can hopefully try one of these out!
Karen,
Thank you for pinning! I do have the $5 rule on most items. A recent mirror was $7, but it came with 2 sconces. I will go as high as $10 on a larger piece.
But, yes, I’m still finding great stuff for only $5 !!! In any case, it’s great to have a limit because it stops those impulse buys, right?
gail
So many awesome ideas and inspiration Gail! Thank you so much for including mine! Totally pinned!!
Gail,
Loved that old dresser of your Mom’s. I have one the same color but, two doors at the bottom. It is a buffet and has been in my family for 56 years since I was born. My Mom and Dad passed away and this is the one thing I chose. It looks like the wood is dry otherwise in great shape so I am going to try the stain like you did. Mine also has the wooden knobs. I am so so glad you didn’t paint it. Love your work and ideas.
Gail this is outstanding! I think it was last year I thanked you for a dresser idea I’d hoped to use. But the two dressers were way too flimsy. The drawer materials were worse than plywood. Almost balsam wood – LOL! One was my sister’s in the 60’s. So today your post help me realize they are perfect for cubby holes/storage. We had them stacked but I had not thought to cut off the feet/base of the one on top. So we’ll do that too. We removed the drawers which held hardly anything even when they weren’t old! And now they fall out anyway. Super easy! Thank you for saving the day again! (((HUG)))
Oh, so happy to inspire you!!! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such a fabulous comment! It really makes my day!
gail
Now I need to find an old dresser!
Great post, you are so creative.
Thanks for these wonderful ideas . It makes me want to go thrifting !
Great post, the before and after pictures are so inspiring and you do such awesome work!
Thank you Terry! This is a good mix of projects from me, and friends of mine. They are a very talented bunch of ladies.
gail