Lifestyle: Make New From Old. How To Glam Up A Chest Of Drawers. A DIYProject

DIY chest of drawers

Inspired by Channel 4's show Kirstie's Fill Your House For Free I took a chance on my own DIY project last summer. I had just moved into my flat and little money left over to spent on furniture.

Luckily my bf replaced his old chest of drawers with some new ones and kindly gave it to me to live out my creativity.

As many young ladies, I like the shabby chic/vintage style, so the plan for the drawer's new appearance included some white paint and vintage accessories. The drawers from Ikea were originally painted in dark metallic blue, so I started off to treat the wood with sandpaper. This is necessary to roughen the surface which then allows the wood to absorb the paint evenly later in the process. I applied 2-3 coats of white paint and after a long hot summer's day, I was pleased with the results.

It dried over night and meanwhile, I planned further steps how to glam up my new bargain. So I bought adhesive furniture foil from amazon with a black and white floral print and found vintage inspired knobs at Sass & Belle. Sass & Belle are a great company on the High Street with some very girly and vintagy inspired products. I really love their owl cushions, Victorian picture frames and their collection of knobs. The ones I used for my drawers are rosé and crème coloured which complements the floral print of the foil perfectly. The knobs were easy to screw into the compartments after I cut, lined and glued the adhesive foil onto the wood.

|End Result & Final Finish|

Up-cycled DIY chest of drawers
DIY project
Sass and Belle drawer knobs
My up-cycled chest of drawers
DIY chest of drawers with adhesive foil
Final result of my own DIY chest of drawers up-cycled

|Costs|

Chest of Drawers: Ikea, free
Adhesive Furniture Foil: Amazon, 8€ (around £6) per role
Knobs: Sass & Belle, £4.95 each (reduced from £6, summer sale 2013)

Though my handicraft skills are not as advanced as Kirstie's team, I still had fun renewing this piece of furniture - even with some very simple steps and methods. So you see, with a bit of patience and love you can inject new life into old things and turn them into individual new pieces.

Till next time

xx CAZ xx

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