Having made friends with Katie and Amy a couple years ago, I started believing I, too may be some kind of Home improvement guru in the making. 

Turns out… not so much. 

Don’t get me wrong- I’m not half bad.  I just don’t seem to like it as much as they do.  Anyway, here is my first big project. 

I bought this dresser at a garage sale for $15.    It needed knobs, some work on the drawers, and some paint.  (Most of it was white, but some had been sanded off).

Katie helped me find drawer guides online; I bought the knobs at Home Depot; Matt bought me a good sander, and it took forever to take off all 100 coats of white paint.

Finally, I painted (and lined the drawers with fancy smelling paper). 

Let’s take another look: