What to Make Out of a Old Dresser

Pet Bed

Photo past Courtesy of Voodoo Molly Vintage

Antonia, who sells her upcycled piece of furniture pieces at Voodoo Molly Vintage, will often acquire individual dresser drawers. Here, she fabricated a quirky dog bed by adding four footstool legs to an oak-forepart drawer.

See more photos of the finished piece for inspiration: Upcycled Pet Bed

Cafe Tabular array

Photo by Courtesy of My Blessed Life

Myra, of the blog My Blessed Life, bought this erstwhile dresser from a ReStore for her son's sleeping room. But it was the correct size and shape for a dining room buffet, and then she updated information technology with gray chalk-terminate paint and used it as a buffet instead.

Find more details nearly how she did information technology: Thrifted Dresser Turned Cafe Makeover

Dog Food Station

Photo by Courtesy of Fisherman'southward Married woman Piece of furniture

To corral accessories needed by her 2 dogs, Kaylor, the writer behind the blog Fisherman's Wife Article of furniture, turned an old woods cabinet into a canis familiaris-food station. She added a identify for stainless-steel bowls in the bottom drawer, coated the piece in a beautiful shade of light blue, and updated the knobs.

See more photos of her projection: Crazy, Domestic dog People

Cushioned Demote

Photograph past Courtesy of Createinspire

Most dressers are repurposed equally some kind of table. Lisa, who sells upcycled furniture and writes for the blog Createinspire, no longer had a utilize for that sort of piece—but she did have an thought virtually how to transform the dresser into a seat. The finished piece looks completely unlike from the original.

Notice more photos and how she did it: Dresser Turned Bench

Window Boxes

Photograph past Courtesy of Kammy'due south Korner

Window boxes add a lot of personality to the exterior of a home. Kammy, of the blog Kammy's Korner, decided to brand window boxes from old drawers. She added even more than character to by painting the drawer fronts yellow.

See how she made them: Dresser Drawer Window Boxes

Home-Office Desk

Photo by Courtesy of Thrifty and Chichi

To make the perfect desk for her mother's abode role, Alica, the DIYer behind the blog Thrifty & Chichi, made over a 1970s dresser. She took out most of the drawers so that a chair could slide underneath, and added a larger piece of woods for the top. It toll her but virtually $50, and the result? A one-of-its-kind.

Notice more details of this makeover: Dresser to Desk…Really?

Bookshelves

Photo past Courtesy of Addison Meadows Lane

Stacey, the blogger behind Addison Meadows Lane, turned a dresser—minus the drawers—into a Television receiver stand up. She was determined to repurpose the drawers, too, so she created a fun prepare of hanging bookshelves for a children's room.

Re-create the idea with her how-to: Bookshelf From a Drawer?!

Pet-Kennel Hideaway

Photo by Courtesy of From My Front Porch to Yours

Pamela, of the blog From My Front Porch to Yours, bought this vintage dresser to serve as a laundry-room folding station. She painted it yellow and added unique knobs. Later on a few years, she converted information technology over again, this time taking out the lesser drawers and painting it fair. It'south however a folding surface, just at present a kennel fits in the empty drawer infinite, out of the way.

View more of the before-and-afterward photos: Vintage Dresser Redo Take ii

LEGO Tabular array

Photo by Courtesy of My Repurposed Life

Gail, author of the blog My Repurposed Life, used the height of an old dresser to make a Lego-themed table for kids. The footling seats are made with extra drawers and also have hidden storage space. The cute drawer fronts were created with painted wood dowels.

Run across how she made information technology step-by-step: DIY Lego Table

Media Center

Photograph past Courtesy of Number 2 Pencil

Melissa, of the web log Number 2 Pencil, had a large swath of empty wall space to fill up around her TV. She found a vintage ruby-red-wood dresser on Craigslist for only $100 and decided it was the correct width for the space, plus the Tv could sit comfortably on top. She removed two drawers to hold the cable box and other equipment, then painted the piece a cheery yellow color and used a special technique for a distressed look.

Find her footstep-past-step instructions for re-creating the look: Vintage Dresser into Media Center

Craft Table

Photo past Courtesy of Creating a Life Now

This dresser had been a craft table, a console table, and a kids'-room dresser. Jeanette, of the weblog Creating a Life Now, gave information technology a whole new look and purpose as a craft island. She removed drawers, added extra countertop space and support brackets, and gave it a fresh coat of paint.

Get inspired by the drastic before-and-after photos: DIY Vintage Dresser Island

Wine Rack and Serving Bar

Photo by Courtesy of Unskinny Boppy

With a fresh coat of pigment and a few accessories, Beth, of the blog Unskinny Boppy, converted a 1980s breast of drawers into a wine-bar chiffonier. She used reclaimed forest to back the shelves and turned an old soda-canteen crate into a wine rack.

Come across how she did information technology: DIY Painted Serving Bar: The Big Reveal

Kitchen Cupboard

Photo past Courtesy of Due north Shore Days

It was difficult for Natalie, of the blog Northward Shore Days, to imagine creating anything worthwhile with the brilliant-pink, foul-smelling eyesore of a cabinet she picked up from an online sale site. But then inspiration struck. She gave it a thorough cleaning, stripped and repainted it. At present the piece serves as extra kitchen storage.

Come across the before-and-after photos: Kitchen Cupboard Makeover

Entryway Table

Photo by Courtesy of Dwelling Happiness

A must-have for a decorated family is a place to drop keys and mail in the entryway. Instead of just using a modest panel table, Amanda, writer of the blog Home Happiness, decided to repurpose a dresser she found on Craigslist. After scraping off half dozen coats of black pigment, she refinished the top and repainted the lesser to match the low-cal-green scheme of the room.

Run across more photos of how she created this unique piece: Rustic Charmer: From Dresser to Entryway Tabular array

Painted Planter

Photo past Courtesy of Carte Blanche Upcycled Furniture

Melanie Paulin, of the store Bill of fare Blanche Upcycled Piece of furniture in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada created this one-of-a-kind planter.

To pigment the piece, she used Chalk Paint protective paint, by Annie Sloan, and a Hands' stencil from the Annie Sloan Stencil Drove. She made a custom colour by mixing 1 office Arles yellow, i role Emperor's Silk red, and ½ role Barcelona Orange, and used Pure White Chalk Pigment for the stencil.

Rather than fill the drawers with soil, she placed plastic window-box liners with saucers in the drawers, then planted a variety of succulents, which are piece of cake to treat and crave footling watering.

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