A $40 IKEA HEMNES Flip Quietly Became the Best Thing in This Bedroom

"“New furniture was not in our budget, and our current furniture was still very functional and in great shape,” Arwah says of the dark IKEA furniture set. “I fell in love with the color Goddess Ashwaganda from Fusion Mineral Paint and knew it would be perfect for our bedroom furniture.”"

"To paint the dresser, she started by sanding the top four drawer fronts with an orbital sander to restore a more raw look. Even after sanding the top drawers, “they were still a little too pinky/orangey,” Arwah says, so she whitewashed them with watered-down off-white paint ( Fusion Mineral's Raw Silk)."

"Arwah scuff-sanded the rest of the dresser, “just enough to rough it up for the paint to adhere,” she says. After sanding and cleaning, she painted four coats of the mineral gray shade, sealed the top with three coats of a non-yellowing top coat and replaced all the knobs."

A work-from-home setup led to changes in a bedroom, including removing a tallboy dresser and updating an IKEA HEMNES eight-drawer dresser. The project used sanding to remove the finished edge and restore a more raw surface. The top drawer fronts were sanded first, then whitewashed with watered-down off-white paint to correct an overly pinky/orangey tone. The rest of the dresser was scuff-sanded for paint adhesion, cleaned, and painted with multiple coats of mineral gray. The top was sealed with non-yellowing top coat layers, and all knobs were replaced to complete the refreshed look.

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