Shel found this sturdy old dresser for $50 and fixed it up for her daughter. She opted to remove the doors and added a shelf to give her girl easy access to toys and books. So now it’s a dresser and toybox all-in-one! A droybox. A tresser. I’ll work on it.
When my first son was born (ten years ago), I was excited to fill up a little bookcase for him too. But then my OCDness took over and I couldn’t handle looking at all those brightly colored, mismatched books of various heights, so I literally made a slipcover for the bookcase. Right over the whole thing, yep. I convinced myself that it was to keep him from pulling the shelves down and ripping the books apart, but really, it was just for me. I’m happy to report I have relaxed A LOT since then.
Speaking of relaxing, keep scrolly scrolling down to see what Shel did with those doors she removed … they didn’t go to waste!
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11 Comments
Jillian {Her Split Ends}
May 17, 2012 at 2:48 PMLove this…ESPECIALLY love the door turned tray!!! I removed a few doors from our tv stand and have been wondering what to do with them!! Brilliant!!
Cheers
~ jillian
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Melissa
May 17, 2012 at 3:48 PMI love everything about this. What a great idea. And I love the use of the doors! I never would have thought of that.
by the way, I totally get the ocd thing with the books all being different sizes 🙂 It happens haha
connie
May 17, 2012 at 4:43 PMGreat usage of doors she removed, wonderful transformation for her daughter’s toy and clothing storage piece.
Jaime
May 17, 2012 at 5:14 PMI thought the second after was the reward of a job well done! Not the re purposed door! Haha!
Kristen
May 17, 2012 at 5:37 PMThis is amazing! I always find hideous, old, scary furniture that no one wants, but to me it’s like gold! “One persons trash, is another persons treasure!”
Rona Gregory
May 17, 2012 at 5:40 PMFabulous AND to use the WHOLE thing, amazing! Can’t see a link to see what else this clever gal has done so hope she gets all these comments!
Janie
May 17, 2012 at 7:48 PMBrillant! I need one of these, I’ll have to start checking Craigslist!
BF
May 17, 2012 at 10:07 PMThat looks great, and what a nice tray idea!
KathyL
May 18, 2012 at 4:30 PMI love this, …am I seeing pink rhinestones in the drawer pulls or is the camera flash playing a trick? I hope its rhinestones….
Fidel Castro
May 21, 2012 at 9:29 AMGreenacres This is what I am looking for. Everybody should follow your blog
LiveLaughDecorate
May 21, 2012 at 8:05 PMNow that’s one DIY idea I’m going to try. Door turned breakfast/wine/nibble tray…who know?