Dorothy Draper Dresser DIY

way back in August, I started to re-do the green campaign dresser that yall love (see post here: oooooooops)

I finished this back in August

but I couldn't post because 

a. I had to decorate the top so it wasn't blahh, 

b. I had to vacuum, 

c. I had to take pictures with a legitimate camera and that meant finding the charger.... which.. I found back in August.

So really the main roadblock here was my sheer ability to be unbelievably lazy.

Well here we are in February, and I'll give you a little history. The green campaign dressers were inspired by Vanessa De Vargas. She's a friggin genius. I loved that project, and version II is in the works right now.

I needed a lower dresser for the bedroom. Mainly because I have too many clothes, but also because my brain puts rooms together like puzzles that I can't explain in words, but the fact that the dresser I had was high and shouldn't have been high was making me wonk-eyed every time I walked in the bedroom. Not the most zen experience.

Enter fun new game called: let's copy baby furniture. (Uptown by Nurseryworks, inspired by Dorothy Draper)

Fact: Blue Ivy Carter sleeps in this: Vetro Crib by Nurseryworks

 I started with this hot mess:

cut out my template:

(hand-drawn... don't ask how. I will mail you a copy if you want)

measure, tape, measure, tape

trace trace trace

tape tape tape

I actually have a tip I can give you: makeup brushes from CVS are the SH*TS meow for painting small areas like this. And they're cheaper than the ones from Benjamin Moore.

done! So impatient I popped the hardware back on while it was still wet.

mission complete baby

Here's a before and after (How-to-put-moulding-on-a-crappy-door-and-paint-it-bright-blue-post coming soon)

BEFORE:

AFTER: