My dresser redux for my sister's birthday surprise....

So I put out the call for unloved but functional furniture at my work. What came back to me from our I.T. department was a solid but strangely "knotty pine" 6 drawer dresser. This was to be used in my sister's new master bedroom.....budget = $40+. I had to get down and dirty to make this work....

So I painted the drawer fronts and top in white primer and left the knotty pine finish on the fronts and sides....the pine would match her laminate flooring and the finish I planned was going to make sense with her chocolate brown walls. Then on to the finish...

I used Rustoleum outdoor paint in "Dark Chocolate" to create a streaked effect with a dry brushing after the original first coat went down. I then added a polyurethane coat to protect the paint. I wanted that old "barn board" feel. I was pretty stoked when it actually worked!

Here is the dresser in place. In  front of the chocolate walls and with the pine laminate flooring, it fit in perfectly. Excuse the bad picture....I'm a spaz.