Ombre DIY: Dresser From IKEA
Hello friends! In February I talked about the ombre trend (here) and now in June I still find myself really loving it. That is why when this image arrived in my inbox I couldn’t resist posting it.
I love this! And the best part about this look is that all you need is a dresser and some paint – pretty easy to come by and in most cases, this can be an affordable DIY project. IKEA Livet Hemma in Sweden recently painted TARVA, their new dresser, in tones of apricot and I love it. The color scale from powdery pink to saturated coral makes it an instant eye-catcher!
The easiest way to get the colors right is to simply work off of a paint card at the home store and buy the shades on it in the color that you like the most and paint them in the exact order on your dresser drawers as they appear on the card, from lightest (on the top) to darkest (on the bottom). If the colors seem too light from one shade to the next, skip and paint every other shade on the card instead for more intensity.
Would you try this at home? I would in a red hot second!
(photo: Patric Johansson)
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June 7th, 2012 at 1:03am
Ohhh, ! the colors , in tones of apricot and I love it too!
June 7th, 2012 at 1:14am
I have been wanting to paint my son’s plain dresser in ombre tones for months and things keep getting in the way – I’m envisioning teals/aquas for his room ;D
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June 7th, 2012 at 1:15am
oh I love it! it looks awesome *.*
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June 7th, 2012 at 1:54am
I love this, the shadings are perfect.
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June 7th, 2012 at 4:44am
I was trying to decide if you could buy one color and then white paint and just dilute it as you paint up. Either way, love the concept, and love paint samples.
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June 7th, 2012 at 5:53am
I have just discovered the ombre look..daughter bought a beautiful blue & white ombre shirt from Zara and I noticed some gorgeous ombre ballet flats on the anthro website..LOVE!!!
June 7th, 2012 at 7:54am
Love the colors. & So nice how the dresser is placed diagonally. *.* Rozalinde
June 7th, 2012 at 8:55am
Love this chest of drawers, Holly…
The ombre trend still seems to be very much ‘en vogue’ with two florist’s blogs I’ve read this week also featuring it on their blogs : Michael Daigian Design & Lauryl Lane!
Just shows how much of an overlap there is between interior design and floral trends…
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June 7th, 2012 at 9:11am
Really nice and also seems easy to do :)
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June 7th, 2012 at 9:40am
yes, i want to try it! I need some more furniture in my new rent flat:)
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June 7th, 2012 at 10:53am
That drawer is awesome! I am normally not that much into IKEA stuff, but individualized it looks great!
I did a little ombre-experiment myself lately:
http://hamburgvoninnen.blogspot.de/2012/06/diy-dip-dye-muffin-wrapper.html
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June 7th, 2012 at 2:42pm
Wow! The shades of apricot are cool. This dresser will look great in a girl’s room.
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June 7th, 2012 at 2:47pm
This is gorgeous!! I painted an Ikea dresser last year and it’s still in good shape! I love Ikea hacks!
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June 7th, 2012 at 8:33pm
Gorgeous! Blues and greens would be my colors of choice!
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June 7th, 2012 at 9:19pm
i love the ombre style very chic, would you recommend using a paint and prime? or would you rather have a distress dresser?
June 7th, 2012 at 9:43pm
This is a beautiful dresser.. I love the color and the design. Very perfect to my daughter’s room…
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June 7th, 2012 at 9:54pm
Hey Holly, Love this dresser. Being a very old diy-er, I bet this can be done much, much cheaper by the adventurous spirit. Buy two cans of paint, the coral color on the bottom and a can of white. Paint the white part of the dresser first, then the coral. Then start adding the white paint to the darker until you get the colors you desire for the other drawers (you might want to buy a larger can of the white paint).
June 8th, 2012 at 2:38am
What a great idea – easy and inexpensive too. Great find Holly!
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June 8th, 2012 at 6:09pm
Wow, what a clever idea, looks just like the paint swatches! I’d do seafoam blues and greens…hubby would do blues :)
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June 8th, 2012 at 11:48pm
Oh this is SO pretty!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
June 11th, 2012 at 8:23pm
So clever! love it!
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June 14th, 2012 at 12:48am
I love the ombre trend as well and I think this was done VERY well! I would try it at home without question! I just need the time and the space!
June 14th, 2012 at 10:33pm
wow, cool color. simple and very effectfull idea.
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June 15th, 2012 at 5:22am
Love ombre…this looks great!
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June 16th, 2012 at 4:02pm
Brilliant idea! Simply and classy!
June 19th, 2012 at 4:33am
I like every ones idea of diluting the paint with white, but I would also say you could probably get this done by just buying the paint samples at lowes/ home depot for $5 a pop!
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June 19th, 2012 at 12:52pm
love the colors! less is more :)
June 19th, 2012 at 9:10pm
super cute :) I love the colors and how many drawers it has!
March 22nd, 2013 at 5:14pm
I really love the idea of ombre on the dresser drawers! I just published a blog post this morning about how we painted the ombre stripes in our nursery, and at the end I gave some examples of alternate ways to introduce ombre into a room – and I linked to your ombre dresser post. Just wanted to let you know :)
http://blueistyle.blogspot.com/2013/03/PaintingOmbreWallStripes.html
-Angela, blue i style