Michael told me there was a really nice dresser sitting next to the dumpster. He didn’t think we needed it, as we already have a nice, tall dresser in the bedroom.

I took Bijou out for a potty break and walked over to check out the dresser. It was a beautiful vintage pine dresser, dovetail construction, and built in tracks for the drawers to slide on. It even had the matching mirror! It was covered in 6 inches of snow, but I could tell it was in nice condition.

I knew Michael didn’t really want to carry the dresser in, but I had to have it. I started grabbing the drawers and bringing them into the heated hallway. It took five trips for the drawers and the mirrors. When Michael asked me what I was doing, he came outside to help. We carried the dresser upstairs. Well, he probably carried 75% of the weight, but whatever.

We left the pieces to dry overnight. This is what it looks like now:

So much better than the $20 Kmart TV stand we had before.

It also made our living room more organized. Michael put all our VHS and DVDs in the drawers.

This makes three dumpster salvaged pieces in our home – the other two are a nightstand I use as an endtable and a in the bedroom for a kitty bed.

If I had bought this in a thrift store, it would have cost somewhere between $60 and $120. Not too bad for a few minutes of work.