Because I am frugal and love to DIY, I decided to turn the rather plain IKEA RAST into a silver leaf dresser. Instant (well, not exactly. Many hours later) glamour treatment!
Materials:
- IKEA RAST dresser
- Silver leaf
- Metal leaf adhesive
- Paint
- Crystal knobs
Silver leaf RAST hack – how to:
First, I painted the RAST dresser with black paint. Then I applied silver leaf glue adhesive to the fronts of drawers.
Next I laid silver leaf on the fronts. Then, sealed the dresser with wipe-on poly. Lastly, added some bling in the form of crystal knobs!
Related: One RAST chest, 14 ways to dress it
See the full silver leaf RAST dresser hack tutorial on my blog.
~ barbara@hodge:podge, Vancouver, Canada
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