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A Hot Pink dresser??

Ok, so we just got a huge new house. It is a rental though, and it has a light brown carpet, that I can do nothing about. It also has white walls, which I cannot paint. My two 8 year old girls want to do their room in pink and black. They have a black bunkbed and my mom made them these VERY CUTE hot pink fuzzy bed spreads with black ribbon that goes across them and black and pink pillows. I am planning on getting a hot pink rug eventually. We just bought them an unfinished dresser (the long kind that have three drawers on each side) that I want to paint. What do you guys think about this? Painting the dresser hot pink, doing a decoupage in hot pink, black and white (different designs, words, fabric, etc) on the front of the drawers and having black "crystal" looking knobs. Do you think that would be too much? Or do you think that would look cute? I am not an interior decorator and do not have the "vision" but I am crafty and can make this dresser cute. We also bought a regular wall mirror, the kind with the frame around it and we are going to paint the frame black and hang it above the dresser.

Public Comments

1. I think it would look just fine. With white walls and brown carpeting, you have enough neutral colors that you can go a little wild with the furnishings. But the big questions is - do the girls think they will like it? If that is what they want - then go for it. If they eventually get tired of it, paint is cheap and can be redone.
2. I am not a good judge of decorating, but my wife said it would look fine. Based on the color choice i would recommend that you prime the raw wood first then plan to put at least 2 coats of paint on the dresser to get the final finish you are looking for. The fact that Mom/Dad "made the dresser for them will add to their enjoyment. Go for it