Hello Friends!! It’s another Wednesday in February and that means another guest post!! Today’s post is from Tasha over at Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body. She is one of my fave bloggers so I’m always honored when she joins us here at Houseologie. You definitely want to check out her blog after you read this awesome black and white dresser makeover tutorial!
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Hey Houseologie lovers! I’m Tasha from Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body where I blog about thrifty DIY renovations and affordable home decor. My husband and I both work full-time and are busy raising our 5-year-old twin girls. But if we can create a beautiful home on a budget, YOU CAN TOO! You can see all of our budget room transformations to date by taking a tour of my home here.
I am a huge fan of Leigh Anne and Houseologie so I am super excited to be here today. I love Leigh Anne’s design aesthetic and thought y’all would love this delicious black and white project 🙂
DIY Dresser Makeover
A while back I was working on putting together my home office/craft space and my first task was to transform is this antique dresser that used to live in my twin girls’ nursery. Years ago, I had painted it green on green with a sweet lattice pattern {see below}. It was perfect for their nursery, but it was not at all what I wanted for my home office.
I knew I wanted to paint it with a bold geometric pattern and decided to go with a flat black and creamy white color on the outside {I used Black Onyx and My Pointe Exactly by Clark + Kensington). But, since I am a color girl at heart, I had to add a little bit of color, so I picked up some Suzy Says Feng Shui by Clark + Kensington to spice up the drawers a bit.
It took some time to figure this project out, so I am going to share with you the full tutorial of how to paint a dresser with a BOLD geometric pattern, which will make it much easier on you if you decide to tackle this yourself.
Dresser Makeover Materials Needed:
- Three paint colors. You will use two for the geometric pattern and an accent color for the sides of the drawers.
- Painter’s tape in a width that you want for your pattern
- Paint brush
- A whole lot of patience 🙂

Steps:
1) Remove the drawers and line them up on the floor so that they are actually touching each other. Make sure they are lined up perfectly. Using your base color, paint the drawers. Technically, I should have used black for this step since that was my base color, but I knew it would be harder to paint over with the light color, so I painted all of my drawers with the My Pointe Exactly color.
You will probably have some minor touch up work to do–I did. I also decided to paint the edges of all the drawers black because after the fact I decide that would look better. Oh, and I realized that I made a mistake taping my first time around. I fixed it pretty easily, but check out the photo below to see how I should have done it the first time to get the look I wanted.
To save money, I decided to reuse the drawer pulls, but I didn’t love the look of the pewter finish, so I spray painted them with metallic gold spray paint. Once they dried, I reattached them. Here is the finished product!
I am so, so, so in love with this dresser. What do you think of the finished look?
I’d love for you to head over to my corner of the internet and check out some of my most popular projects, like how I totally transformed an outdated vanity and sink for $20 using concrete and how we painted our kitchen cabinets without priming or sanding (and they are holding up PERFECTLY).
That’s it for now 🙂 Thanks so, so much to Leigh Anne and to y’all for hanging out with me today!!
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