We bought a new camera a few weeks ago, so now I can finally share some of my DIY’s! First up: a dresser I bought at a goodwill store. This is what it looked like when I brought it home:

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Not so pretty. But it is solid wood and has a lovely classic shape and long legs, which I love.

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I needed it to be a light color that didn’t stand out too much, so I chose one that had the same undertone as my walls. The details  are wooden sticks that I picked out of a bamboo place mat (!). I started by drawing the pattern on the front and sides with a pencil, then glued each stick on with regular wood glue. Tape held the sticks in place until the glue way completely dry.

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Using my fingers, I added spackle to smooth out the edges of the sticks.

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When the spackle was completely dry, I sanded it down with fine grain sand paper.

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The plan included another coat of paint, but for now I like the crude look of the plaster. The pulls I got for free at a flea market about to close, I screwed them off of another dresser. What do you think?

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