A couple of months ago I got to design a room for a client that was looking for an elevated cottage style for their master bedroom. While doing inventory of the needed pieces for the room, I noticed they had a dresser that was left behind from the previous owners (score!). I assured them that the dresser was in perfect condition, but it needed some help to fully shine. Here comes the fun part! Today I will be sharing step by step on how I transformed the Ikea hemnes dresser.

For this DIY, I used:

• Half round wood trim
• Extra strong wood glue
• Hand mitre saw
• Tape
• Wood filler
• Paintable caulk
• Paint
• Knobs from Zara
• Hemnes Dresser

Step by step

1. Paint your trim before making any cuts.
2. Measure each door and write down your measurements.
3. Now we get to cut the trim with the hand mitre saw. I cut in 45-degree angle and I had 32 pieces in total.
4. Once everything is cut it’s time to glue each piece to the dresser. Use tape to keep each trim in place.
5. Let it completely dry and get to caulking and fill any gaps with the wood filler.
6. Once everything was dry I got a very small paint brush to go over the wood filler.

There you go! New dresser in only 6 steps. I hope this step by step is clear enough to motivate you to hack your old dresser too.