From Sticker Disaster to French Provincial Beauty

Is it normal that I got excited when I first laid eyes on this piece?  My love for French Provincial must hinder my eyesight I guess, because this dresser was in rough shape.  It was structurally sound though and to my surprise, very clean inside all of the drawers.

Even though I refinish older furniture to give it an updated look, I tend to stay true to the style of the piece.  In this case, I could tell the hardware on this dresser was not the original, and was doing nothing for it, so I bought new French provincial style hardware to compliment the style and painted it white.


After quite a bit of goo gone, a heat gun and sanding, I was finally able to remove all of the stickers and glitter.  A couple coats of primer and this piece was ready for paint!  I choose a gray color and painted the entire piece.  I then used white paint and very carefully painted the grooved details.  I love how it turned out!

Here is another before and after comparison.  I found a pretty mirror that really complimented the piece and ended up selling it with the dresser.  What do you think, would you even consider tackling a dresser like this?

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