From Outdated Little Dresser to Fabulous Apothecary Cabinet

I had these thin pieces of wood, I’m not sure what kind they are but they used to be little dividers in the drawers of an old roll-top desk that I have (that no longer has dividers in the drawers).

I cut them into squares and rectangles (the top drawer is slightly different in size from the other two) and then I glued and clamped them onto the drawer fronts.

I let the glue set for just a bit while I put 2 coats of Amy Howard at Home One Step Paint in the color Java on the body of the dresser because I wanted to make sure to cover up the original orangy color. Amy Howard at Home is my very favorite chalk paint. One of the things I love about it is that it DOES NOT NEED to be waxed!

After the Java dried I applied a coat of AHAH Cracked Gesso (for a chippy finish) ..followed by Toscana Milk Paint in Strausburg White.

This is a process but I know what I wanted this to look like so I just kept going.

After getting the paint to the chippy that I liked it’s time to add the hardware. I love the vintage-looking brass catalog pulls and they’re quite inexpensive on Amazon.

I laid them on the fake drawer fronts and put marks where the screws would go and then drilled little pilot holes.

Next, I attached them to the drawer fronts and then cut little labels out of an old newspaper that I found at an antique store. I love all the little labels!

I wonder what’s in the Piggly Wiggly! LOL!!!

Be real careful when you open that drawer! LOL!!!!

This cute little apothecary cabinet turned out better than I imagined.

I love turning outdated furniture into fabulous new pieces with a paint and a little TLC!