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You are here: Home / Crafts & DIY / Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo

Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo

Last updated on July 10, 2018 By The Kreative Life 12 Comments

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I’ve wanted to share this project with you all for a while now. It’s just a small part to an even bigger project, but I want you to see what’s been keeping me so busy. We have a sunroom in our house and I had no idea what to do with the space. I let my son use half of the room as a playroom. It’s carpeted, has its own ac system, and keeps all of his toys out of my living room so I don’t mind sharing.

My husband and I went to a thrift store a few weeks ago and sitting right outside was an old dresser. It was dusty, had cobwebs, the top drawer stuck, and it had a funky smell, but it was free. Yep, free! I told my husband we should get it, but he said no because it has too many issues and we wouldn’t know what to do with it. We continued into the store and shopped around. My husband bought a few things for his man cave, but I couldn’t find anything I really wanted. My mind was still stuck on this stinky old dresser. At checkout I asked the clerks to load the dresser onto our truck.

Once I got home, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. Since my husband and son have their own spaces, why couldn’t I have my own? I was going to convert part of the sunroom into my own personal ladies’ lounge. This was going to be my new bar! Here are the steps I took to get from beginning to end. Enjoy!

After disinfecting the entire dresser and removing all of the dust and cobwebs, I sanded the dresser down to remove all the old paint.

Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo - The Kreative Life

The drawers were removed and the inside was gutted out. The only thing that we kept in was a support beam for the bottom of the middle drawer.

Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo - The Kreative Life

A shelf was added and a divider was attached to the bottom of that. I found an old wooden wine rack for $5 at a thrift store and painted it to match the color I used on the bar.

Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo - The Kreative Life

The bar was painted blue and gray. I kept the front of the top drawer because I liked the design and I changed the handles and added hinges to it, so it could fold down instead of sliding out.

Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo - The Kreative Life

We screwed four wine glass holders to the bottom of the top drawer.

Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo - The Kreative Life

The wine rack was added to the bottom left and my cocktail books and rimming sugars were placed on the bottom right.

Antique Dresser Into Sunroom Bar Redo - The Kreative Life

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Filed Under: Crafts & DIY Tagged With: Decor, Furniture, Upcycled

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Hi, I’m Kendra! I’m a Miami Blogger, a mom, a wife, and an amateur food photographer (at least I like to think so). I like to write about crafts, family, diy projects, food, blogging, and marketing tips, and a swell gal to get to know. I love to travel to any place that has warm weather, a beach, and great food!

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  1. Robin Rue (@massholemommy)

    June 8, 2015 at 3:55 PM

    OMG, you must be SO excited. It came out awesome. I love that color you picked!

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    • The Kreative Life

      June 9, 2015 at 1:28 AM

      Thank you, Robin! I love the color so much!

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  2. Christi from sexymoxiemama.com

    June 8, 2015 at 8:31 PM

    Oh wow! This looks fantastic. I need something like this in my house as we lost our “bar” area when we moved.
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  3. Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma)

    June 8, 2015 at 9:12 PM

    That is SUPER cool! I’ve been really interested in redoing some things like this. We have some old pieces sitting around in the basement collecting dust! I better get to work!
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  4. dogvills

    June 9, 2015 at 3:03 AM

    What an amazing transformation! You completely turned a plain looking cabinet to one great wonderful creation! love the color too!

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  5. Elizabeth O.

    June 9, 2015 at 5:00 AM

    Oh wow, it’s gorgeous! You did a great job.

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  6. Dhemz Apdian - Dias

    June 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM

    wow, what a fabulous transformation. I love how it turned out. Really neat!

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  7. Letty C.

    June 10, 2015 at 10:24 AM

    WOW! this looks amazing. Great repurposing. It came out great.
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  8. April Decheine

    June 10, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    That is so adorable! I miss living in our farm house, I could always find old pieces to re-do. Love the color you chose.
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  9. Tatanisha Pitts-Worthey

    June 11, 2015 at 5:16 PM

    Look how beautiful it came out! Congratulations, do it a very good job!
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  10. Bridget

    May 22, 2018 at 4:35 AM

    All Racks which you have mentioned the above post are awesome. These are the cool designs. I want to make a wine rack in my room because it presence boost the room beauty.

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  11. smokeapuff

    August 12, 2021 at 1:35 AM

    Thank You so much Kendra for sharing this guide. It was really helpful.

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