Ikea Rast Dresser Makeover!

Hello! I've only been gone from blogland for a few days but it feels like forever! Glad to be back!

So my last post was about a dollar store jewelry box and m&m's. I'm happy to report, the jewelry box's colour has been tweaked a little (more on that in a bit!). I'm sad to report my trip to the States rendered ZERO m&m's... I couldn't find them anywhere! So when I got home I called Nestle. Yes... I called the chocolate company! I might be a wee bit obsessed with these m&m's.

Well.. turns out the triple chocolate and mint m&m's are under review- meaning they aren't currently being made.. AhhhhhhHHHH. This does not look good for my favourite m&m's.

That put a damper on my day. Not to mention we got a whole lot of wet snow and rain today! I thought winter was on it's way out??!

However! I was determined to not let that stop me from finally painting my dresser!

So I ventured out in the rain/snow and got my pulls from Anthropologie:

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Love love love them! They cost almost twice as much as the dresser...but they sure are pretty!

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the Ikea Rast Dresser:

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Last year I was going through a white phase and painted all my furniture white.

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Well... I don't know about you but I need some colour in my life! And currently any shade of blue/green is my colour of choice!

I've had various thoughts on what to do with this dresser but once I saw those Anthropologie pulls, I was done!

After I made my painfully expensive purchase, I raced over to Home Depot to get some paint. I have several shades of turquoise and seafoam green in my little collection but I didn't want to spend time mixing colours to get the right shade.

I didn't need a lot of paint so I was just about to get the tester paint for Martha Stewart's Hummingbird Blue when I passed by the "returned paint section" and saw this:

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It was pretty much the exact same shade as the hummingbird and the whole gallon was $9!! How could I resist?!

Not to mention it's:
Eggshell finish. Check.
Has primer included. Double Check!
Low odour. Triple Check!!

With just 2 coats and a protective finish, I was done! And I'm in love.
(I have so much of this paint left over that you can expect many more projects using this colour!)

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It's so fresh and feminine. Those pulls will be a part of my life for a very very long time.

Oh and that jewelry box I painted a few days ago? Well with my abundance of left over paint, I repainted the box so now it matches the dresser perfectly! As luck would have it, the hardware was a perfect match to the drawer pull hardware!

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Who says you can't have tree branches in your bedroom?? That's the left over branch from Mia's 100 day celebration.


Finally my dresser is made over and I couldn't be happier!

Happy Weekend Everyone!!