Dresser Turned Media Console Fireplace
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So I paid $20 for this dresser and mirror. It was in decent shape so I figured I would sand and throw some chalk paint on it and resell for a good profit.
Painted with antique white chalk paint and stained the top.
The more I looked at the more the wheels in my mind kept on turning. I had been looking at the media fireplaces and wanted one but they were so expensive.
I cut out the middle drawers and put in a electric fireplace insert($119). I sold the mirror half of the piece for $20. I absolutely love it and it works beautifully.
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It says $40 but he took $20
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Beautiful piece of furniture before you changed it.Especially mirror and painted white. Wish we had pieces like that where we live!
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many unique pieces are made using other pieces of furniture and reimagining To suit you needs. Start looking at thrift stores, garage sales, resell marketplace and trash days Some furniture flippers sell their work but many are ordered by customers to retrofit pieces in their homes
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Nice job l also did this project. It would look more like an entertainment center if you upgraded the hardware with silver handles. Mine has that high end appearance. Fire place is a no heat decorative logs that lights up. Amazon. I added real logs and fire look lights also Amazon.
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How do I keep the fireplace from making the top to hot.
In the first paragraph you said it’s a fireplace insert for $119, then you said it’s a TV with the image of fire. Which is it?
Great! I have the. Same dresser. But, a fireplace already. I badly need a desk made from this. Do you think, if I saw off just the middle bottom front? Leave the top middle drawer. Cut out the opening like you have- but for a chair to tuck in? Do everything else the same. That the piece will still be stable enough without the short middle bottom section removed? The back middle untouched. ❤️ If you or anyone here knows a carpenter? 🆘!!!! TIA 👍😉