Upcycled Baseball Themed Dresser

Written By: Barbara from Chase The Star

Hi there! I’m Barbara from Chase the Star, a little blog about decorating and crafting on a budget. I love to take something in need of some DIY love, and make it look fabulous! I just recently stumbled upon Dinah’s blog, and must say, I’m a big fan already! I’m so excited to be a part of her blog today!

A few months ago I updated my kid’s old dresser and shared it with my readers, it was a real labor of love, so I thought I’d share it with you here at DIY Inspired!

In my world there is family and baseball-not necessarily in that order. My husband has passed his love for the game down to the boys and well in my case, if you can’t beat ‘em…

We’ve recently moved into our new house and I’ve been in a decorating frenzy. The boys insisted on selecting a theme for their room; yup you guessed it, golf. Ok, I jest—you were paying attention after all! Baseball is of course the ‘theme’ for this room, and more specifically the Boston Red Sox (no we are not from Boston; this team is just a random passion my husband acquired in his childhood).

So in keeping with my need/love for cheap-ness I decided to add a personal touch to their room by updating an old Ikea dresser they’ve had for years. I decided on what else but a Red Sox, red dresser—get it? I went with subway style lettering depicting several different common phrases associated with the Red Sox. Had to consult the hubs on that one (and also our “Fever Pitch” dvd).

Who knows who #9 Williams is??? Everyone in my house does. Everyone.

The entire piece was lightly sanded and the drawer fronts were painted in a pale grey that I had leftover from another project (because I’d run out of white). I bought some vinyl letters at Michael’s, and placed them on the drawer fronts intentionally overlapping some of the words passed the end of the drawers.

My trusty assistant

I enlisted my 3 year old assistant to paint the entire piece Red (Cherries Jubilee by Glidden). I kid! He got tired after 4 strokes of the brush.

Once the entire piece dried overnight, I carefully peeled the vinyl lettering off and sanded the edges, as well as over the letters for a distressed look.

I love the way this turned out!

See the intentional overlapping passed the ends of the drawers? Love!

This project took lots of patience, and about 2 day’s worth of time, but it was sooo worth it! The boys are so HAPPY with it, and I’ve even caught them bragging to their friends about it.

Mom SCORES!

Please stop by my blog Chase the Star for a visit, you’d make my day! 🙂 Dinah, for letting me share my Subway Dresser your readers!