Dresser Remix - Part 1

Among her other talents, my Mom is an awesome, crafty human being. While she was pregnant with me, she took it upon herself to refinish eight sets of drawers, two for each of her children. Each brother got a gray/black combo, reversed so they were different and my sister had pink and white. I got purple and white. Somewhere in there she also refinished a bachelor cabinet in red and white. These drawers have stood my siblings and I in good stead. Most of the sets are still around, although one or two have gone missing over the years, and they don't necessarily still look as shiny and new.

The remaining dresser I have, as well as the bachelor cabinet, have certainly seen better days.



However, they have in large part held up incredibly well over the years. Most of the damage was child, rather than time inflicted (I take full responsibility for those stickers on there, sorry Mom). The reason for this is, in large part, because my mother was terribly industrious when she did the refinishing. So industrious she put on FIVE coats of paint. Yes...FIVE. This would come back to haunt us later.




By haunt us, I mean that after two days of reapplying chemical paint stripper ad nauseum, large amounts of the paint still hadn't come off.



Next up? Sanding time....