4 ways with… PAINTED DRESSERS

Be inspired by these easy ways to revamp this furniture classic

TEAM PAINT WITH WALLPAPER

Painting your dresser is the perfect opportunity to try out any new wallpaper-paint combo. If you’re not brave enough to have a bold print all over your wall, try it at the back of your dresser or inside the cabinet instead for a subtle, but fun approach. Remember to paint inside the doors just as smartly as the rest of your dresser, as you’ll be more inclined to show the inside off if it’s wallpapered.

ABOUT ME I’m Madelaine Maddock, 43, a freelance editor, and I live here with my husband, Andrew, 42, a software developer, and our children, Élodie, six, and Noah, four.

MY HOME A three-bed, semidetached Edwardian house over three floors in Earlswood, Surrey, which we bought in September 2014.

WHEN WE MOVED IN It wasn’t to our taste and we quickly found it inconvenient having the kitchen on a different floor to the living room and no access to the garden.

AND NOW Opening-up and extending downstairs means we have a family space and gained a guest bedroom/home office in the process.

STYLE TIP Buy furniture right first time. We invested in pieces to last and bought affordable accessories that we might update in the future.