Super Fun Black + White DIY Dresser Makeover

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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.

2) Once your base layer dries, tape off your pattern. If you want to use the same pattern I did, just be sure that you use a 90 degree angle so that the corners of the “arrows” are perfectly square. This epiphany occurred to me AFTER I had already taped it up the first time and thought it looked kind of funny. I had to peel all the tape off and start over.

3) Paint your base color over the top of the tape. This will “seal” the tape so that your top color doesn’t bleed at all. This step may not be necessary if you are using Frog Tape, but is is absolutely necessary with regular blue painter’s tape like I used.

4) After your second base color coat dries, paint over the tape again with your second color. My second color was the Black Onyx and required two coats for good coverage.

5) While your drawers are drying, paint the rest of your dresser. I painted the rest of the dresser the Black Onyx color.

6) Next, paint the sides of your drawers in your accent color. For me, this was the Suzy Says Feng Shui color. It’s SO PRETTY. And I love to see that pop of color when I open the drawers.

7-8) Once you paint is dry, you are ready to peel off the tape and admire your work. Be patient and pull gently and slowly.

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.

AWESOME! Learn how to paint a dresser to make a bold statement! Full tutorial by Designer Trapped in a Lawyer's Body. #spon #OPI #painteddresser

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!