Birds Eye Maple Dresser

I picked this dresser up off of craigslist this week. The owner no longer needed it and wanted it out of his garage. It had been his grandmothers (who is now 102), but he had no attachment to it. I was happy to take it off his hands!

I knew when I first saw it that is was bird's eye maple. I had hoped to just paint the frame of the dresser and leave the drawers and top wood alone. When my dad and I went to pick it up I found that it was not in the condition I had hoped. The finish on the top was ruined in spots (white marks). It was like something hot had been splattered on it.

The drawers also had some trouble spots in the finish. There was no way I wanted to paint over that wood, so I tried to revive it!  Since it appeared to only be in the top coat, I used 150 grit sandpaper and sanded it out (not down to the finish on the wood) and gave it a coat of polyurethane. That worked and the wood was looking much better!

One of my favorite colors to paint with is navy blue, so it should be no surprise that I used it again on this dresser! I recently did a similar look on this mid century nightstand (paint a portion and leave some natural wood). Click the link to check it out.

Here is the dresser all finished. I can't get over the claw feet. Love, love, love them!

I also changed out the hardware to something more modern, and it brings in the blue of the frame.

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