If you’ve learned anything from me over the last couple years, it’s probably that I like white distressed furniture and it is extremely hard to find already finished. There is plenty of white furniture with no distressing and plenty of off white or cream with distressing and I even found a few bright white distressed dresser but they were $900!!…which is why I end up building my own furniture or buying an old piece and refinishing it myself.
This piece was little different. I wasn’t finding a dresser/changing table that I wanted so I was considering making my own. However, I made my way to my 32nd week and decided this would be a terrible idea, mostly because of the pace with which I was accomplishing baby tasks (procrastination anyone?) I went searching for an old dresser to refinish, I found a few but most of the ones I liked were broken in some way. I got online one night and searched for unfinished dressers and came across this little beauty from Target.
And…it’s on sale right now!! Regular price is $371, but you get $100 off when you spend over $350. I painted the dresser with my usual Heirloom Traditions Chalk Paint in A La Mode, it took 2 coats and then I finished it with clear wax before sanding the edges to get a distressed look. Because the base wood was so light, it’s a little tough to see the distressing in the picture but it’s there. To get a darker look, you could take a dark wax or patina to the edges as well.
I didn’t want to use the wood knobs that came with the dresser because I wanted to add a bit of a metal/industrial look and bring in a color other than white. I found these knobs at Home Depot and they turned out great with the style I was going for.
The changing pad is Serta Perfect Sleeper Contour Changing Pad from Babies R Us with the Serta Perfect Sleeper Changing Pad Cover in Ecru and topped with Koala Baby Essentials Terry Changing Pad Liner in Navy.
Finally, the mirror above the changing table is the Horizontal Oval Fynn Captain’s Mirror from World Market. Unfortunately, it looks like the horizontal is sold out, but they do still have the vertical.
I hope you all love this little space as much as I do! I can’t wait to show you the full room tour soon!
Jamie, Lisa and I had such a hard time getting a good result with the wax. Any tips? We had streaking.
Are you using colored wax? And are you sanding before or after the wax? I don’t love the streaky look I get with colored was so I use clear wax. You can always use clear wax on the larger flat surfaces and the colored wax on the edges and in crevices in order to still get the “worn” look. Feel free to send me some photos on Facebook so I can see what is happening.