4/15/2011

Guest Project: Mandy from Sugar Bee Crafts {foil dresser}

Hi everyone!!  I'm Mandy, from over at Sugar Bee Crafts:



Here's the whole gang on our recent Spring Break Trip to Silver Dollar City in Branson MO:
One day I hope to show off my whole craft room - for now, it's one piece at a time.  Today I'm excited to show all you Craftaholics my foil dresser.

How to foil a dresser - - 
Yep, foil - you read that right.  Not "foil leaf" or something fancy - just regular ole foil I keep in my kitchen.  Makes for an awesome dresser, right?!
My son's dresser was a little on the small side so I moved it to my craft room - here it was before:
Obviously fine for a baby's room, but definitely needs some sprucing up if it's going to live in a fabulous craft room.  First cut a really long piece of foil from the roll and wadded it up - don't squeeze the ball too tight or it will be a beast to undo.
Undo the ball - now it will have those nice wrinkles.  Smooth it out flat.  Then spray the drawer fronts with glue.
Next press the foil sheet onto the drawer - be sure to press and press everywhere.
 I had overlap all around - I just cut in the crack and pulled off the excess.
 When I had all the foil attached, I painted over it all with Mod Podge so the foil would be more protected over time.  So far it's held up great for me - I'm not sure how it would do somewhere in daily use (like a kids' room) but for a craft room it's perfect.  Love the pizazz!!
 And I love that I redid a dresser with stuff I had around the house, so total cost was nothing (well, I did end up buying new handles, on clearance for $0.50 each - not quite what I was looking for but it was too good of deal.  It took me a week or two to realize one of the handles doesn't match the others - it must have been in the wrong bin - whoops!)


5 comments:

  1. I love it! Who knew aluminum foil could look so good?!?

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  2. Wow! This is amazing! Would never have thought to do this on such a large item.

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  3. Oh my word, that is so creative! I love it! This is going in my bookmark folder for awesome stuff I wanna try :)

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  4. Awesome! And I totally did not notice the handle until you pointed it out.

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