IKEA HEMNES dresser refreshed with tropical wallpaper

A rather tired and old looking IKEA Hemnes dresser was given a fresh tropical makeover with wallpaper.

IKEA product: 

• IKEA Hemnes large drawers

Other Products used:  

• Chalk paint in Oxford Navy
• Affordable tropical wallpaper – bought off Amazon
• Wallpaper paste
• New large round wooden knobs
  

My neighbour threw out an old IKEA HEMNES chest of drawers. I decided to rescue the piece and give it a fresh update.  

Here’s how it was before.

How to makeover the HEMNES dresser with wallpaper

1. First, I wiped down the whole piece to remove any dirt and dust.

2. Next, I removed the drawers and gave the frame a fresh coat of chalk paint in Oxford Navy.

3. When the paint dried, I coated the frame with a layer of furniture wax to protect it.

4. Next, I painted the new wooden knobs for the drawers with the same chalk paint.

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5. Next, the drawer fronts. They weren’t painted but covered in gorgeous tropical print wallpaper. I took extra care to make sure that the patterned print on the wallpaper matched across all three of the drawer fronts.

6.  To finish, I added new knobs to the drawer fronts.

I love how bright and fun the updated chest of drawers look now.  It is certainly a statement piece.  Now the neighbours have seen what we did with their old piece of IKEA furniture, they want it back!

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This was a very affordable IKEA hack. I needed only a small amount of chalk paint for the frame and the wallpaper only cost about $20 for the whole roll.  There is plenty of paper left over for matching furniture upcycles.

See the full tutorial of the HEMNES makeover on my blog.

~ by Claire

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