Her 19-Year-Old Daughter Asked for a Sleeping Beauty Dresser, and She Painted It Both Pink and Blue
An ornate wooden dresser with three mirrors, carved flowers, and decorative drawers caught the attention of a 19-year-old girl browsing an online auction. She picked the piece and spent a day scrubbing it before asking her mother an unexpected question: could she paint it with a Sleeping Beauty theme?
The mother, Reddit user u/Fox_hunt_1980, took inspiration from the scene where the fairies argue over whether Princess Aurora’s dress should be pink or blue. Rather than choosing one color, she decided to use both, blending them through purple across the dresser.
The finished piece retained its carved wooden details, three mirrors, and metal drawer pulls, but the dark brown surface gave way to pink, blue, and gold paint. The mother shared the makeover on Reddit, where readers wanted to know how she created the colors and whether the elaborate decorations were part of the original furniture.
An Ornate Wooden Dresser Came From an Online Auction
Dark brown wood covered the dresser, including its curved drawer fronts, carved trim, and three-part mirror frame. The central mirror rose above two smaller side mirrors, with floral carvings extending across the top and down the supporting posts.
Two large lower drawers featured diagonal wood grain surrounded by curved moldings, while a narrower drawer stretched across the upper section. Metal handles, rounded feet, and decorative panels gave the piece a traditional design that the mother chose to preserve.
Pink and Blue Paint Replaced the Dark Wood
The mother used Dixie Belle Blueberry for the darker blue sections and Haint Blue for the highlights. On the opposite side, she applied Peony and a lighter pink shade, creating two contrasting halves.
Rather than leaving a sharp division down the center, she mixed Blueberry and Peony to form a purple transition between the colors. The effect extends across the upper drawer, lower fronts, and mirror frame, with blue on the left and pink on the right.
The color arrangement follows the Sleeping Beauty scene her daughter had requested, turning the argument between the two fairies into the dresser’s defining feature.
Gold Paint Brought Out the Original Carvings
The dresser came with its elaborate wooden decorations, including floral motifs, curved borders, and carved details surrounding the mirrors. In the Reddit discussion, the mother confirmed that she had added no new ornaments.
She used Dixie Belle Moonshine Metallics Gold Digger to paint the raised trim and carvings. Gray wax added shading around the details, separating the gold sections from the colored surfaces.
The drawer fronts received stenciled patterns in metallic paint. On the blue side, she mixed Pacific and Silver Bullet in equal parts, while Rozay was used over the pink sections. The patterns follow the existing curved panels rather than covering the entire drawer fronts.
The original metal handles remained, with their decorative shapes fitting into the painted design.
The Before and After Show What Paint Changed
The side-by-side photographs show the same carved dresser before and after the makeover. Its dark brown wood, ornamental mirror frame, and drawer arrangement remain recognizable beneath the new colors.
The mother also shared a personal detail in the Reddit discussion. Her daughter wanted to keep the dresser for years and hoped she might one day pass it down to a daughter of her own.
What began as an auction find became a piece made for her daughter’s favorite scene from Sleeping Beauty, with the original craftsmanship preserved beneath the paint.
For another furniture makeover inspired by a child’s request, see how a young girl asked for a light green desk, but the painter added several colors across its five drawers.
Would you have chosen pink or blue for this dresser, or used both colors as the mother did?
Images and project details courtesy of Reddit user u/Fox_hunt_1980.