Apothecary style dressers and cabinets are very popular right now. I found an old 1970’s dresser that would be perfect to upcycle into this style. Each drawer has 3 square sections that could be made to look like separate drawers.
This is the dresser before. It was a good sturdy dresser but the front had some damage from the drawer pulls. It took a lot of wood putty and sanding to fix the worn areas on the drawers.
But the rest of the dresser was in great shape! One thing I don’t like to try to fix is drawer slides. It can be really frustrating to find just the right slide to replace a broken or missing one. Cosmetic problems are easier to fix, especially if you are painting it.
I decided to go with two paint colors on this piece. I taped the body of the dresser and painted it Annie Sloan Old Ochre.
The drawers were painted a mix of Old White and French Linen. I distressed the edges of the drawers so each of the squares on the drawers looked like a separate drawer.
I ordered filing cabinet drawer pulls on eBay and placed one on each square of each drawer. There are 9 drawers but 27 drawer pulls giving this piece the look of an apothecary.
This is such a fun piece and one of my favorite before and after projects.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this project. And thanks for taking a look at my blog. I appreciate it! 😃
Cindy
