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You’re the One that I Want… Ooh ooh ooh, Honey!

April 2, 2011 by Cassie 22 Comments

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I hope you are all now singing along, Grease style!  I love that movie, and the music from it even more.  Anyhow, the title of this post came from my deep desire to have this dresser for myself for my own room.  But it is too long, by about 4 inches.  Argh.  So it’s for sale.  Anyhow, on with the show….
I picked this dresser up off Craigslist last week.  It came with a mirror, too, but the mirror doesn’t really go with it too well in my opinion, so that will be saved for another day.

Oh, and a sidenote about the mirror, and an apology to the robin buliding a nest in my yard.  I picked the dresser up at night, and Chris and I moved it to the deck for sanding the next day.  I stupidly left the mirror out in the driveway, leaning against our house.  I didn’t think about the territorial robin who might peak at his reflection and freak out and fight with the mirror all day long.  Yes people, I saw him there fighting and pecking at his reflection, and I moved the mirror.  I told my husband about it and he said, “He was there this morning, too!”  Which made me feel terribly.  But the robin is safe now, and thank goodness that “other” robin is all gone!  Oops.

Ok, back to the dresser… here it was before, well sorta before, after sanding.

I had planned on replacing the pulls with card catalog style pulls, but upon purchasing discovered that the pulls were built in and not going anywhere.  So I had to work with them.  I primed it with 3 coats of Kilz Clean Start.  I love this primer as it is zero VOC, but it is a bit thinner, so if you are going to be painting with white, it is wise to use at least 2-3 coats.  I then used Sherwin Williams Harmony Zero VOC paint in Snowbound- a nice subtly warm white.  Once it was finished, I added a coat of natural paste wax for protection.  And then I wanted to keep it.  Curse my small bedroom!

So now my hunt continues for something along these lines for my own bedroom.  But 4 inches less in width.  Or maybe I could just hop over it to get to the bathroom.  Hmmmmm.
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  1. Artichoke Alley says

    April 2, 2011 at 6:36 pm

    Love it! So crisp and clean! Thanks for all the great paint info too. I am trying Sherwin Williams today because of you!

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  2. Michelle @ Sweet Something Design says

    April 2, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    Love it Cassie, I love the handles. Nice job!

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  3. Tracy's Trinkets and Treasures/Treasured Moments says

    April 2, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    Great dresser. Funny funny story about the poor robin.

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  4. Green Gracie Home says

    April 2, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Love, love, love it. It looks fresh and pretty. Poor Mr. Robin – glad he his foe is gone.

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  5. Chrissie says

    April 2, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    Gorgeous! I can totally see why you wanted to keep it! Poor bird, you were so good to get rid of that intruder!

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  6. Ali Richardson says

    April 2, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    SO clean and pretty! Love it! Ha ha (hoot hoot), I just pictured you hopping over it to get to your bathroom 🙂

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  7. Andi @ Jane of all crafts says

    April 2, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    Oh my goodness! One of my faves so far. It would look great in my dining room as a buffet 🙂 And poor robin…but hilarious. He must have been so frustrated! Oh and LOVE Grease btw!!

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  8. modern jane says

    April 2, 2011 at 11:19 pm

    It turned out really nice! Good luck finding one like it:)

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  9. Rustic and White says

    April 3, 2011 at 12:24 am

    Poor wee Robin. Love the dresser. Funny but when I think of a dresser for my bedroon I always think high not long…I am going to start looking for one just like yours.
    Cheers,
    Carrie

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  10. [email protected] says

    April 3, 2011 at 12:46 am

    Love it! Poor little robin… you think he thinks he scared the other one off?

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  11. Rita says

    April 3, 2011 at 12:46 am

    I LOVE this dresser and YES you had me singing Grease songs!!!

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  12. [email protected] Present Life says

    April 3, 2011 at 2:21 am

    What a cool looking modern piece. It would look perfect in someone’s office, or even a very sleek dining room as a buffet. As for the robin, that’s hilarious…but sad at the same time.

    And it’s so funny that you quoted that Grease song. At night, my son asks me to list the songs that I usually sing to him and then he picks which one he wants me to sing. The other night I ran down my whole list and he didn’t want any of them. He said he wanted a “silly song.” And for some reason that song popped in to my head! So I’ve been singing that song to him before bed for about a week now!

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  13. Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. says

    April 3, 2011 at 4:04 am

    What a fresh new look for that dresser. I love the clean modern lines. This may sound weird, but it looks like you. I can see why you wanted to keep it. … And birds can be very funny sometimes. Poor little guy, maybe he was just lonely.

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  14. Yanet @ 3 Sun Kissed Boys says

    April 3, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    The one I need. Oh yes indeed! LOVE that movie! My husband and I were just singing Summer Lovin’ to the boys at lunch yesterday. Until they begged us to stop singing that is. :•)

    Wish you had pics of the robin. Way funny!

    The dresser came out beautiful. I like the handles the same color as the dresser too.

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  15. WCreativeDesigns says

    April 3, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    I love it! I too did one similar!

    http://wentzellscreativedesigns.blogspot.com/2010/01/cute-girls-dresser-solution.html

    Love your blog!

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  16. Allison says

    April 3, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    I think you ought to just hop over the dresser so that you can keep this one! Love this dresser and the modern and sleek lines to it. The white is perfect. Now I want to watch Grease again! Loved that movie and the music!

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  17. Serendipity Chic Design says

    April 3, 2011 at 11:32 pm

    So retro! White was the perfect choice for that piece…

    Take care,
    Lisa

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  18. Jamie says

    April 4, 2011 at 3:15 am

    Looks great. Amazing what a little paint can do. I would love for you to share it on More The Merrier Monday’s Link Party!!

    http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/

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  19. Krystine Stephenson says

    April 4, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Looks really good! Great project!

    http://lucyluvinyl.blogspot.com/

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  20. radn says

    April 4, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    Love it! I love the drawer pulls!

    I am having a giveaway on my blog. $20 store credit from My Carrie Collections to get your kids fav cartoon char backpack (disney/nick jr/dino/fancy Nancy and more). All you have to do is leave a comment telling me which backpack you would like if you win.

    http://houseonashwelllane.blogspot.com/2011/03/20-store-credit-from-my-carrie.html#comments

    Last day today

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  21. Rachelle @ Adventures in Creating says

    April 4, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    Cute it looks great! So fresh and modern.

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  22. Kristy says

    April 6, 2011 at 4:24 am

    What is natural paste wax? I never heard of it and where do I get it.

    thanks

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