Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan

This is a story about an Ugly Duckling (dresser) I've had hiding in an upstairs bedroom for 10 years. I decided it was time for her extreme makeover and public debut. Here's the problem, I did remember to take before pictures, but I deleted them from my camera. so for reference I will show you her sister who is patiently waiting for her makeover.

This will give you some idea of how the Ugly Duckling looked before. I decided she would be a dainty little flower just begging to hold some sweet little princess' wardrobe. I painted the body with an homemade off white chalk paint. I wanted the drawers to stand out so I mixed up some homemade pink chalk paint and used that for the drawers. You notice I have no idea of the names of colors of the paint I used, because this was one of my first projects and I was using whatever paint Home Depot had on there "oops" shelf. Then I decided she needed just a little extra touch to make her special, so I decided to stencil around the holes where the knobs would go.

The knobs are the originals and are beautiful, so I put them back where they belonged. And here is the Beautiful Swan in all her glory, but still hiding upstairs in the bonus room. Oh well, maybe someday she will get the appreciation she deserves.

Oh by the way, the top is marble and I couldn't get the picture to reflect the true color of it. It looks very orangish in the photo but it is actually a creamy gray color. Sorry, still working on my photography skills.