Boy's Room Makeover (Part 2): The Dresser

My son's room makeover marches on!

Last week, I painted his beat up dresser a fun shade of orange...

Here is the war-torn dresser before...

(Complete with little boy hieroglyphics from years past.)

Also with memories of glow sticks gone wrong... 

(A word to the wise: don't let glow sticks leak — it's a disaster waiting to happen. It is also an effective paint stripper, as we learned.)

Four (count 'em, four!!) coats of heavy duty, once-this-stuff-cures-it-ain't-going-anywhere paint & his dresser is done!

Ta-Da!

My son has used this dresser all his life. Now that he's nearing the pre-teen stage of his life, it was time for it (and his whole room) to get a fresh update.

This past weekend was a long weekend here in Canada & we took advantage of the extra time to paint Parker's room as well. We chose a neutral grey so the shots of color would pop.

We also hung the art work I made for him a few weeks ago.

My to-do list is half done!

• Create artwork
• Paint dresser
• Paint walls/trim
• Update window treatment
• Bulletin board
• Paint chalkboard one section on wall
• Update bedding

The window treatment is on this coming week's to-do list. I'm planning to sew a valance with some great orange fabric I found. Wish me luck!

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