A Little Wallpaper and Some Paint!

  We had a vintage dresser with some nice detail, but it had the classic ugly finish you see in 70's shows. I had seen a dresser on Pinterest that had embossed wallpaper on the drawers and I had to try it.  So hear it goes!
Here is a before picture.

I power sanded the whole dresser with the help of my cute eight year old.

We bought some paintable embossed wallpaper border at Lowes. I cut a piece for each drawer and painted the wallpaper before I put it on the drawers( this is what the directions said to do).  I let the paint dry overnight.

After the paint was dry, I was able to follow directions and apply the wallpaper to the drawers. After I put on the painted wallpaper, I painted the whole drawer the rose color.

I painted two coats of the gray chalk paint onto the outer part of the dresser.  

I put one coat of dark wax on the drawers and polished them with a clean t-shirt rag. I brushed on a second coat of clear wax and polished them again.  I then attached the drawer pulls.

I brushed on two coats of dark wax over the outer dresser and polished it off with a t-shirt rag.  The dresser was done.

If you have any interest in buying a dresser like this,  Please email us at davewhit4@gmail.com .