I’m showing you the handles of Better After reader Lexi’s dresser first, so you can fully appreciate how much effort it must have been to remove all the layers of paint from that thing. Wowza, right?
No easy task. Unless! You try boiling the hardware (in an old pot that you aren’t planning to use for food again). In my experience, that paint will come off like a charm. As for the rest of the dresser, no such luck, it’s hours of scrapedy-scrape-scraping. Unless! You have a big enough pot. Kidding!
Great job Lexi!
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Anonymous
December 11, 2012 at 2:43 AMGorgeous!! Love your blog btw ! Funny, sweet and to the point!! Love reading every day 2x day!! You should be a comedy writer!!
Angie 🙂
Tristie hearts Dax
December 11, 2012 at 5:09 AMthose two dressers (the before and the after) don’t even belong on the same planet. amazing.
Martha
December 11, 2012 at 6:45 AMGreat work on those handles! They are antique classics and have great detail that was hidden behind that ghastly green goop. Excellent work!
Lexi
December 11, 2012 at 4:28 PMIt actually belongs to my roommate. I just did the makeover. It’s currently in our living room and not for sale. Sorry!
Andrea
December 11, 2012 at 1:01 PMSOOO much better! I have a dresser with detailed handles that are painted over also, and it’s one of the main reasons I’ve been dreading that project. Now I might just run to the dollar store for a scrap pot to boil the paint off! Thanks for the info!
Anonymous
December 11, 2012 at 8:11 PMWow! this turned out incredible!
Reenie
December 11, 2012 at 2:54 PMOn the dresser ~ I actually like the before better. =)
I’ve done the hardware in boiling water with a lil dishsoap in it ~ works like a charm.
**Mumzy
December 11, 2012 at 3:34 PMIs that for sale??? Love it!
Amy Lou
December 11, 2012 at 9:12 PMBetcha the before picture used to be an after picture. (: Incredibly superior after/after dresser. Although I really thought the handles looked cool with the paint still on. Lead and all.