The Bargain Life

I’ll edit this later with more details on the process, but right now I just want to show off. I got this pair of dressers for $5 at a yard sale, mended them, covered them in Target wrapping paper, and attached some Ikea capita legs. I envision using them as a sideboard when I have a dining room that’s actually used for entertaining. Right now they’re in the living room holding the tv. I’m really happy with the result, though I’m worried about their durability.

I just got back to my family home in New Hampshire and I plan on staying for about a month, so there won’t been any more furniture projects for a while.

I figure I’ll start things out by posting the project I’ve most recently completed. This is a white laminate dresser that I got of of craigslist last summer for $10. I hadn’t had any plans for it except to replace it with a better dresser (Ikea Hemnes maybe?) when I had the spare cash.

My initial vision was to decoupage it with torn up newspaper, but I was concerned about it yellowing, so I used text from magazines instead. It’s just torn up magazines and matte finish Mod Podge. I left the sides and top white to keep it from looking too busy. I could replace the drawer pulls, but I don’t want to put much money into poorly-made laminate furniture.

(eek, so messy!)