Dresser to Full Bench Conversion

Hey everyone! You've probably seen these awesome dresser to bench conversions floating around on Facebook and Pinterest... We recently received an order from one of our customers to make 2 benches from 2 of her old dressers. This blog post is about bench #1: a full seat version with drawers on the bottom for storage. Will be posting about bench #2 soon, so stay tuned! Check out it's transformation below! 

Here is the original dresser. Not in great condition and very wobbly, but has potential!

Hank decided to scrap most of the dresser due to it's condition and the fact that most of it was particle board, but we did keep the top to re-use as the seat, and 2 drawers. Here he is building the bones of the bench.

Here it is with the sides and the bottom support attached.

Here's Hank adding the framework for the drawers.

The original top of the dresser is now the seat!

The framework for the drawers is complete.

The drawers are in place now that the framework has been completed.

View of the back.

Now that the body of the bench is constructed, it's time to add the wanes coating!

The wanes coating adds so much character to the bench!

Now that the wanes coating is attached, we can add moulding to give it a finished look.

 Of course, having the right tools is the key!

Even the drawers got wanes coating and moulding!

Don't forget to add the backboard!

Here it is ready for sanding and paint! We also added a baseboard to give it a finished look.

 Here I am with one of my favorite tools, my orbital sander. I only had to sand the paint off of the seat, since everything else was bare bones and never painted.

Hank got into a rare mood to paint, so I took advantage;)

Go Hank go!

Here is the base coat - ready for glaze!

View of the drawers.

You can really see the magic that happens with glaze in this pic.

All it needs now is a couple of coats of poly-acrylic to protect the paint and drawer pulls and it's ready to go!

Here's Hank installing the drawer pulls.

And here is the finished product! Can't wait to see pics of it in it's new home... A one of a kind piece of furniture brought to you by Perks Werks! Contact us on our Facebook page for yours at Facebook.com/perkswerks 

Have a great day!

Hank and Amanda Perkins