Extreme Makeover: Dresser Edition

One of my goals this summer was to maintain a clean apartment, and make it pretty.

I've always had this idea of taking a nasty dresser, sanding it, painting it, and then modge podging scrapbook paper onto the top and insets.  I looked around online, and found out that I am not the first human to dream up this project.  So, I decided to go for it.

With the support of Mista T., I proceed to buy this little thing from the D.I.:

It ended up costing us $25.  Awesome, right?  Right.

Well, that was in May.  It is now August, and Mista T. and put the final touches on the dresser last night.

It now looks like this:

So, basically, that leaves us with this:

Tonight the T. and myself are on a hunt.  A hunt for a mirror to put above the dresser.  And a on a hunt for a tree branch.  Why the tree branch?

So we can make this:

Via Pinterest

of course.
Our room is getting dangerously close to looking how we want it to.

Which is fantastic news.