I love this so much! I have this exact dresser and wanted to change my room up, but I don't want to buy new furniture so this taught me so much!! Can't wait to do the same to my dresser

So glad I found your video!! Love the hemnes range and I have serval articles from it and been debating how to refinish them. Your video has just made me fall in love with the raw beauty of the wood!! Thank you so much!!!

Love the results !!!! All that hard work paid off and came out lovely

I love the mirror it goes so well with the furniture ❤

Hey girl, this looks great! Just a tip the lower the number on your sandpaper the rougher it is and the faster it strips your finish. 240 is a fine grit and is designed to smooth out the surface before you stain or paint it. Something like a 60 grit would've stripped that paint and previous finish quickly. But overall you did great! Keep doing you!

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha Yeah I learned that, thanks!

@miichable

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles I am in love with this look!!! this is my first time seeing your channel and I really love the way you show your real process, including the bloopers

@katemckay6173

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed when she said the 240 was doing nothing

@ffta2esper

2 жыл бұрын

@armooney1244 if I use a lower grit number like 60, do I still have to use stain stripper?

@ARMooney1244

2 жыл бұрын

@@ffta2esper No, Using stripper makes sense if you are doing a piece with veneer as it is quite thin and you don't want to sand through it, however if you know it is solid wood and you just want to get through the old finish quickly you can just use 60 grit sandpaper, just make sure you then work your way up through the grits, i.e 60, 80, 100, 180, 240 to ensure you get it nice and smooth without any scratches or swirls the heavier grits can produce

I have been searching for an answer if I can strip IKEA furniture because I wanted to make them all white washed stain, and this video has given me hope! Thank you for doing it and sharing it!

This turned out great! I have the same dresser in white and I'm thinking of refinishing it, so this gave me some great tips!

Wow! That looks incredible! Great job. Very beachy looking which is what I'm wanting. I wish ikea made this is natural wood! They make the Tarva dresser in natural wood but it's never in stock, the quality isn't as high, and it isn't as large as this one. I love!!

Great job! Seeing it upstairs all decorated really makes the difference

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

It really does!

Love it! I have the same ikea dresser in white and was kinda tired of the stark white color. I’m definitely giving this a try to add some character to my piece.

Wow that’s beautiful , absolutely love it ❤️❤️❤️

Absolutely brilliant !

I have the exact same dresser in expresso and you just showed me that I can refinish it! Thank you!

@thecutestofborg5604

4 жыл бұрын

I have it in the medium brown. I did the frame in white and left the front wood. I gel stain coated them just to darken the red a bit. I love the two tone look.

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Lovely work, doll! It turned out so beautiful!! I own the dresser and the night stands in the same color and have been looking for a tutorial to show me how to strip the paint. You explained everything so well that I’m looking forward to doing the same with mine!! Thank you

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Hope yours turned out great :)

i want to strip the paint off my ikea hemnes furniture so bad, i want to reveal the raw wood and just stain it a nice walnut. currently have a set of the bed frame/drawer/nightstand in black and i want them all to match.

I just bought a used Hemnes TV console. It’s black/brown, but I am planning to strip it and whitewash the raw pine. Thanks for giving me a preview of what the wood looks like, and what I will be getting myself into. Great job!

@Saidastiles

2 жыл бұрын

best of luck!

Wow so good, you did a really nice job, love the aesthetic of the dresser!!!

Girl you are a fighter. I tried to do the same and gave up and paint mine again lol. You did great job. I love it

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I definitely wanted to give up many times, but I think taking a lot of long breaks helped me gain my motivation back.

Omgosh I LOOOOOVE this! I have the same dresser but in black and I want to sand it down to be able to stain the bare wood. I’m so excited to see that it turned out!!

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

It was definitely a lot of work but so worth it!

@user-yw1lj3tr2p

3 жыл бұрын

Just make sure it's wood or you'll have a mess if it's particle board/MDF.

Love it! Nicely done.

This looks excellent!

Great job! Love the end result!

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Really really nice. Beautifully done 🤩😻😍👍🏽👏🏽

Stunning! It’s both rustic ad classy! You worked so hard, and it really looks so good.

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

This vid was helpful for me, I leave my dresser as it is. Thought of a white wash on the dark red hemnes but actually ikea did a great job.

I'm loving these videos! I'm moving next week, and most of my furniture is coming from Facebook market place. These videos will be so helpful so I can make my furniture match more of my style!

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you had a great move

Wow!!!! Amazing job! You worked HARD💪🏾😅

It’s soooo beautiful

Saida, that was an epic effort. You must have been losing the will at times but it paid off in the end, looks brilliant. You have inspired me to strip a smaller chest of drawers that won't require anywhere near as much effort and can be done by sanding the wax off. Drawer one now stripped (handles were a bitch to remove) and I'm liking how it's looking.

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! that's amazing I'm happy to inspire and best of luck with your project

Great idea!

You’re a trooper! You didn’t give up good job. Some tips as you learned stain is applied with a rag apply as needed as you go and wipe good. Always wear protective gear stripping chemicals have a strong odor and may be harmful is breathed for long periods in a non ventilated area. Also furniture is stripped only if it’s worth the time and money bc as you learned stripping furniture is extremely time consuming and tedious. Therefore, for a piece like this unless you really truly love it, it’s not recommended. For those wanting to do this just buy a similar version at ikea (they do have them) with no color and then stain, they can turn out very beautiful. -Madeira Refined 🤍

Love me a DIY queen 🧡

It's beautiful! Im attempting this right now, and i totally get when you said maybe i should stop and just paint it. Your video inspired me to keep going.

Great video!!

That's commitment ahah it looks like it took forever!

Nice job!! ♥

omg i loveeeeeeeeeeeee this. it sucks ikea literally only sells this dresser in 3 colors. your DIY project is the exact color i would want!!!!! now I wanna buy the white one and do what you did

Oh my gosh, are we the same person lol? I repainted my black hemnes dressers an offwhite after trying originally trying to take all the black off and giving up. This gives me hope I can actually refinish it how I originally intended. The dresser turned out beautifully!

@Saidastiles

2 жыл бұрын

hahaha thats awesome! please let me know if you do, message me on Insta if you have that :)

Nicely done!

Looks great. Nice to know what this stain looks like. I just bought some. 😂 I didn’t know this dresser was actually real wood. I thought it was a composite. Wonder why they don’t sell an unfinished version. 🤔

@tanyabelleau8874

4 жыл бұрын

true ! Their Tarva line is unfinished pine wood (but very limited!) - but I am always left wondering why IKEA does not sell more unfinished versions of their furniture line of products - the cheap lacquer / varnish they put on some of their Hemnes bookcases for example, that is just ugly, when you compare with a richer wood colour that you can stain to your liking. I wish they did offer more 'natural wood' options ...

@Kelly-lo6cz

3 жыл бұрын

@@tanyabelleau8874 I was wondering the same thing! Plus it saves ikea time and money of not having to paint their products. The demand is there, I wish they would listen to their customers.

@hllymchll

2 жыл бұрын

YUP! I'm about to buy the hemnes bathroom vanity and have to strip it all first 🙄 so annoying lol

great idea, thanks 💋👍 .... maybe you should go for some fancier knobs, it's make it perfect I think

Welcome back on youtube😍😍😍 i enjoy watching your diys💘

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Little Diy Corner thank you girl! 😘 I’ve got a lot coming uo

@LittleDiyCorner

4 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles the glossy finish is really something else am in awwww

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

@@LittleDiyCorner I went with a satin finish, it also comes in glossy if you want it even more glossy

Turned out very nice! Makey me wonder why they don't sell it that way. Would have been scared to get paint on my sleeves :)

2000 years later....🤣🤣🤣🤣!! Awesome job, girl!! 💪👍

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣that's what it felt like! thank you!

It's so pretty! I want to do this with my gray Hemnes dresser but idk if I'm patient enough lol

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it 🤎

Omg this is a lot of work I love this song now

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

It’s good to know “what not to do” 😆😆😆. Thanks for your tips.

OKAY so this made dumb of me but I just redid our same dresser from ikea in january I have a video on my channel and now i like this better!!! Im seriously considering redoing it!! lol It looks amazing!

@marshmellowmateys93

3 жыл бұрын

I found this video after I watched yours! 😅🤗

I have this same dresser in black and have been wanting to stain it dark. But was scared to sand it incase it wouldnt sand(as in it's only a surface of real wood) and I'm soo happy you did it so know I know it will work for me. How long do you think it took you tho? Like a rough estimate

Use LOWER # grit sandpaper for more abrasion (larger grit, fewer fits on the sheet). 240 is more for finishing.

Would you recommend sanding with the dresser assembled or disassembled if your buying it new?

If you had applied paint stripper to the original dark brown color of the dresser and then sanded it, would it have made the process go faster? Thinking about doing this with a white hemnes dresser which might be easier compared to the dark color.

I have a hemnes white dresser and I'm stripping it right now. Its really hard for the paint to come off the front of dresser like the paint is different from the other parts of the dresser ugh. Maybe i just need a rougher grit after i remove the stripper stuff.

How many sand papers did it take you to sand the entire dresser plus drawers? I’ve just started today the paint stripper, and I don’t know why I thought it would be practically wood coloured after it but by the looks of your video I have to sand it to see the wood entirely. I’m going to buy sand paper but it’d be great to know what amount I should buy. I have the same dresser but almost black. I didn’t think it would be this hard and this long...😬😂

It looks so much better with no paint, I hope Ikea offers this option at some point. Using paint strippers and doing so much sanding isn't really an option if you're living in a small apartment without a basement or garden...

Loved this! It looks like a lot of work but it turned out so nice! New subscriber ❤

Random, how tall are you and how high does it go up to your waist? I’ve been trying to see how “tall” it would be in my room. I am 5”6”

Sister, it looks great! So expensive looking. Are you painting in your abaya?😉

Where did you get that mirror? And awesome job by the way !!!

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Claudia! it's from Target the project 62 line ;)

Can I ask if the polycryclic was mat gloss or satin finish also over time has the polycyclic held up well? I'm insanely in love with the end result!

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

holds up so well, im actully really impressed I applied enough to give it an even smooth finish, the finish was satin

@evamooney2953

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles OK thanks

NICE WORK! I have the black dresser. Do I still need the paint stripper to get it off or will the sandpaper alone be enough? Also, I really actually liked the drawers naked with the white dresser left alone! Farmhouse vibes lol

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! you might not need paint stripper, some said you can use it for stain as well, but the sanding will definitely do the trick. If you leave it in the natural wood which is gorgeous don't forget to put some kind of clear coat on it to protect it. Good luck!

Very pretty

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

😲 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Definitely should have gone with a coarser grit such as 120 or coarser.

By the way, how long did the entire process take you?

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

I want to saw somewhere between 3-4 weeks, I was working very slowly and not every day. Sorry for the late reply

Would you need the paint remover if it just had the black it had on originally??

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, but if you could find a way to get the stain off with some type of stain remover that would cut down your sanding time significantly! Good luck if you're thinking of doing this :)

Mine is white. Its coming off chipping away. Im gonna try this

What color stain did you use?? I love it!

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

I used weathered oak by minwaxx :)

Hi, I wonder does anyone know if this works with any ikea furniture? How do we know if the wood will be beautiful like this under ?

What color of this dresser did you originally purchase from IKEA? I have the white stain version, will this work on it?

@SummerAzures

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen people with the white stain version just go straight to sanding and then conditioning, staining, and sealing! No paint stripper needed for those versions

If you just have a stained dresser can you skip the paint remover and go straight to sanding

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@evamooney2953

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles OK thank you

Looks great. But having done this myself, removing paint with paint stripper, all I can say is, never again. Once it is painted it is over.

If you stated with just a stained peice can you skip the stripper and afterwash, then just start sanding

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

thats right!

@evamooney2953

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles OK thanks!

Was the polycrylic satin, matte, semi gloss?

@Saidastiles

Жыл бұрын

Satin

I have this dresser in white veneer. I'm hoping I can just chip it off and the wood will be okay underneath. Has anyone done this?

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

I think if its veneer it might not be solid wood, but I don't know.

@lauren8627

4 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles thank you! I am worried it might be particle board but IKEA doesn't seem to do that (because they cut down so many forests instead 🤦) so I might be lucky.

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

Lauren you can always try in a small area and see 🤷🏾‍♀️

@SummerAzures

4 жыл бұрын

@@lauren8627 I know this is late, but the white veneer definitely has particle board underneath. You can see on Ikea's website they list the product materials for each color when you select it. I'm kind of shocked that the white veneer version sells for the same amount as the others, which are real pine wood.

I really want more wood in my all white furniture room but all I find are videos of people painting wood ones white haha Thank you for your video! I want to try it on my billy shelf but I am a little concerned there is no real wood underneath only particle board/pressed wood chips. Does anyone have any experience with that?

@lizameggle

5 ай бұрын

The Billy bookshelves are made with particleboard. Therefore, they cannot be sanded/or stripped. I have these shelves too so I googled them and found some great hack ideas. Peek and stuck wallpaper can change the look, or if it’s a natural feel you’re after you could try adding rectangular wicker baskets. Maybe one of these ideas will work for you.

@srh1805

5 ай бұрын

@@lizameggle thank you for your ideas! I've spent hours on Pinterest already trying to figure out how to upgrade the shelf rather than buying a new one. I really love the natural wood color of the hemnes and the fact that it's actual wood and no wallpaper but oh well, they don't make them like that anymore I guess haha. Anyway, thanks again and have a lovely day :)

@lizameggle

5 ай бұрын

Hi Sarah 👋🏻- I don’t think the Billy bookshelves were ever made with real wood unfortunately. They are not part of the Hemnes series. I know this, because we have both the bookshelves, and the Hemnes bedroom set. I’m about to refinish the dresser, which is what brought me to watch this video. As for the bookshelves, since they can’t be stained, I think I would love turning them into built-ins, someday, with my husband’s carpentry skills. Good luck with yours!

Yeah 240 grit won’t do the trick. 60 or 80 would have been better and faster. Looks great though!

@Saidastiles

4 жыл бұрын

yep which is why I used 30 and 60, definitely went faster!

Where did you get your shoes?? :)

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

Birkenstock’s 🥰

I‘ve done the same thing with our dresser and I must say 2 things: 1. it doesn’t have dark spots from paint like yours, so you might have to sand it more properly, and 2. though the dresser is now looking beyond beautiful, I truly regret doing this hell of a job and it’s a pity people promote all this ikea makeover stuff. Next time I‘d rather save my highly paid time and just buy one from a high quality furniture retailer. This is my personal choice, other people should feel free doing what they want.

@Saidastiles

6 ай бұрын

I respect that. At this time I bought it used for $40 I couldn’t afford anything that I actually liked so I’m still happy that I did it. I still use it to this day. I’m sorry you find it a pity, I think like you said at the end we all should do what we want to do and no one is forced to follow anyone’s advice 😊 thanks for watching

So are these draws not melamine covered ?

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

No this one is wood

An orbital sander with 80 git paper would see this stipped to bare wood in less than an hour.

All the labor, the the stuff to take out the paint the wood conditioner and the wood stain it would have come out less expensive to buy a new one ,it came out nice though but tooo !, much work

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

Actually I saved quite a lot, it looks almost like the one I wanted from Potterybarn wich was over a 1000 dollars so yeah definitely worth it for the look I wanted. Could you find a $200 dresser sure! but none of them were the ones I wanted.

A eso le faltaba mucho lijado... se nota que eres principiante. Bueno aprenderás si perseveras.

Could someone tel me what products she used

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

I showed them in the video ☺️

@mayaangelica3033

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles do you think I’d still need the paint stripper if I have a dresser that I didn’t paint ??

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

@@mayaangelica3033 No need for paint stripper if you didn't paint it :)

@mayaangelica3033

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saidastiles thank u so much for responding!! Your video is amazing !!

@Saidastiles

3 жыл бұрын

@@mayaangelica3033 You're welcome dear! good luck with your project :)

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Why not buy a new one, they are cheap