I didn't even know there was a special name for this when I painted it. Only after it was done, while I was scanning Pinterest trying to decide if I should add something to the drawers or not did I discover that I'd created an Ombre Dresser. Huh. (See a dozen of the girly dressers I love from Pinterest HERE.)
Here's the before picture. Just a plain old cheap dresser as old as Miss A (almost 10 years). The manufacturer (Rhino Rooms) was nice enough to donate an entire bedroom set to both Miss A and the Hubby and I after our house fire when she was 6 weeks old. Their manufacturing facility was located within our county, but closed in 2009. It's definitely served its purpose and was much appreciated, but the paint had started to chip off in several places and Miss A may have gone sticker crazy on it a time or two in the last 10 years...
I almost forgot to take a pic before I started painting. When we picked the paint for Miss A's room, we also got 3 smaller cans for accents in the room off the same color card plus some white. I used each of those accent colors from light to dark on the dresser drawers. I started painting within 15 minutes of deciding I was going to since I had the paint already on-hand and open. I just peeled stickers off, washed off the drawer fronts, removed the knobs and went to work.
Since I had just cleaned out the too-small clothes and eliminated all the toys and junk that had somehow found their way into the drawers the night before, I really didn't want to take them all out and do it over again—so I just pulled the 2 drawers I was working on at a time out a little bit and was careful with the paint. Pretty lazy, huh? But it worked just fine and I'm happy with the results. What do you think?
Eventually I might add something else to it, but right now I'm liking the simple cleanliness of the dresser and the colors add to her room.
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