High end look for less.
How I took my old IKEA Hemnes dresser and transformed it under $100.
More to come on this latest project! Can’t wait?
After seeing this fluted look all over Pinterest and Instagram, I decided it was time to try it for myself! I heard that people had been using dowel rods from the dollar store to achieve this look - so off I headed to Dollar Tree to buy up all the dowels they had in the store. (Just kidding.)
What I bought:
60 packs of 10” dowel rods (from the Dollar Store) **I also found these dowels.**
Gorilla Glue and Foam Paint Brush.
Tools I used:
Multi tool to cut dowels
Watch the process here on my Instagram!
How did I go from this black stain to the white oak look?
To achieve the look of white oak…
it took some serious stripping with Citristrip and a good old putty knife. I also sanded the entire dresser down using my orbital sander.
White Oak Magic
So here is my trick to achieving the white oak look!!!! READY?!
I mix this Snuggly Teddy Bear color paint (or a color similar to it) with clear matte polyurethane. That’s it! The more paint you add the deeper the color. The less paint and more poly - the less paint color you see and more of the wood grain/original wood tone you see. So you can customize the stain color! I use this trick all the time!