Furniture Paint

Question–: How could I decorate ugly furniture without painting it?
I am moving into a furnished apartment and absolutely HATE the mismatched wood furniture of the desk and dresser in the bedroom. The styles of the furniture aren’t even the same (The Dresser being clunky and the desk being sleek). So how could I cover it up without painting it or anything else that would be considered “permanent”. Buying new furniture is not an option.

The following is the answer: (Hint: The reader is not the correct identification.)

Answer by Carrie B
Find a nice cloth or fabric to cover the top of the piece you like the least.

Answer by locosid
If you can afford some nice fabric that would be the best and make matching table cloths for them, if not try some twin size flat sheets that can usually be pretty cheap when sold separately at large stores like Walmart. If you just want to cover the top and side edges, one twin cut down the middle would cover both easily and hide the fact that they are mismatched and still be functional. The other option is to place the dresser inside a closet out of sight, if the closet is big enough.
Hope this at least gives you some ideas.
Good luck!

Answer by Becky
Sounds like you don’t care for the dresser, can you put it in a closet? That way you can still easily access the drawers, but won’t have to look at it.

If that’s not practical (cause a girl needs all the closet space she can get!) you can hide the dresser behind a tri-fold screen, or behind a curtain hung from the ceiling with cup hooks.

The cup hooks would create tiny little holes, but they shouldn’t cause any damage and are hardly even noticeable when removed. Just be sure the material you hang from it isn’t heavy and use enough hooks to securely hold the material.

Cup hooks (found in the kitchen gadget aisle in grocery stores, or in the hardware section Wal-Mart, Target, etc.) are usually white just as most ceilings are.

Below are links to help illustrate your options. The tri-fold screen would probably be the easiest. Good luck, I hope this helps.

Answer by hykbop
Buy some fabric, cut out patterns you like and attach with LOW tack two-sided tape. For example, if you’re a girl, flowers, kittens and other chick stuff. If you’re a guy, footballs and beer cans.

Remember – LOW tack tape. You don’t want to damage the surface.

Answer by meldytan
Dress it with a good fabric, add throw pillows and presto you’ll have your furniture good as new. Being practical is the best move nowadays.

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furniture painting

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my “new” table

Image by laura*b
old broyhill table refashioned into something *not nineties*!! new paint and new anthropolgie knob,

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