Love/Hate Frenchy Dresser

Gotta a little love/hate relationship going on with this one. What's to love?

FREE + FRENCH = LOVE

However, there's almost always a price to pay for FREE. This is where the hate part comes in. The price.... AGGRAVATION.

WARPED and BROKEN DRAWER BOTTOMS + UNSTABLE BODY = HATE

Lucky for me, I recently made a new friend, Jay, at the local building center who cut new drawer bottoms for me.

PRICE = $6 and a case of Budweiser

He's done me many favors like this lately so to show my appreciation, I brought him a case of his fave beer.

The body however was not an easy fix. I glued and clamped and glued and clamped again and it still wobbled...ugh. I just couldn't figure out what the problem was. I bought some corner brackets and screwed them in the top and bottom corners of the body of the dresser. Nope, still swaying and so not happy. I threw a blanket over it and let it sit for a month.

I discussed my dilemma w/ Jay and he suggested nailing plywood to the back. He cut me a piece (free) claiming at the register it was "scrap" and showed me the nails I should use. Worked like a CHARM!

I should stain the plywood, don't ya think?

PRICE = brackets... $2.36

nails... 1.99

Sanded, primed and painted w/ a blue oops concoction.

PRICE = .50 cents

Added some rose pulls and a resin rose swag.

PRICE = 4.00 yay Home Goods for the pretty el cheapo pulls

PRICE = Rose Swag...$2.25 on Etsy from http://www.etsy.com/shop/pjsw?ref=pr_shop_more  

Gotta give a shout out to my fellow Etsy girls!

Total cost...$18.61, a case of Bud and a friend in high places, priceless!
Here it is now.....finally!

Love those little key holes!

Thanks for popping in and feeling my pain!

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