Whenever I find a wooden music box on my thrifting adventures, I get excited. I love listening to the plinky sounds from the music box (if it still works) and trying to “Name that Tune”! So, when I found this little music jewelry box on the Goodwill shelves, I was immediately smitten.
Not only did it look like doll furniture, but its mini drawers were lined with turquoise velvet.
AND its music box still worked, playing a slow version of “Fly Me to the Moon”.
For whatever reason, I had a very clear vision of what I would do: Give it a makeover so that it matched the painted bedroom furniture in our room.
More specifically, I would make it match our antique dresser that was originally my great-grandfather’s!
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Upcycling a Mini Chest of Drawers to Match a Bedroom Suite
First, I rubbed 120-grit sandpaper over the flat surfaces of the wooden music box.
Not a complete sanding by any means, but just to rough up the surface for the paint.
Next, I taped off the underside lip of the top and got out some off-white paint.
That way, I wouldn’t get any white paint on the top to maintain the natural dark wood. Just like the antique dresser of ours that I showed you!
I used basic craft paint brushes to paint the entire wooden music box, save for the top.
After the paint dried, I distressed the edges of the jewelry dresser just a bit here and there with 220-grit sandpaper.
Then, I color-matched the blue knobs from our antique dresser for the jewelry box knobs!
Instead of using a flat craft paint brush, I actually used the smallest stencil brush in my collection. It was PERFECT for stippling blue paint on the little knobs of my wooden music box.
Painting a Wooden Music Box to Look Like Painted Bedroom Furniture
And that was it! The wooden music box was now a perfect miniature replica of my great-grandfather’s antique dresser!
Need further proof? Here you go, dresser on dresser…
I’m so enamored with how it turned out. It’s like having slightly bigger dollhouse furniture that matches our own.
Normally I’m not a “matchy-matchy” person, but I happily made an exception for this little cutie.
Interested in more details about our antique dresser (like the original price tag on the back!)? Check out my inaugural blog post where I made this window frame decor with vintage doilies to match our shabby chic bedroom furniture!
And I will get a lot of use out of my little jewelry music box. Even though I’ve made several jewelry organization projects, I can always use more options!
I’d also love to know- if you were to match a wooden music box to YOUR painted bedroom furniture, what would it look like? Let me know in the comments below!
Craft on!
S
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Sarah Ramberg is the owner of Sadie Seasongoods, a website that celebrates all things secondhand. From upcycling ideas and thrifted decor to vintage-centric travel itineraries, Sadie Seasongoods is a one-stop shop for anyone who loves thrifting and approachable repurposing ideas. Sarah is also the author of “Crafting with Flannel” and has been featured in numerous media outlets and magazines.
What a lucky find! This is just beautiful and to have the music box still working… fabulous!
I have such a weakness for working music boxes!!
What a cute idea! My dresser is all wood, so it wouldn’t take much to match that. I have so much costume jewelry that I keep it in the vanity drawers in the bathroom, along with four jewelry boxes that just have lifting lids.
Jewelry seems to reproduce like rabbits!! Never enough storage – and thank you!
OMG… so cute!!
Thank you, Tania!
I simply love your creativity. Thanks for sharing your projects and giving us so many good ideas to develop into our own diy projects.
Thank you so much, Pamela!
What a great find, and painting it to resembling your Great Grandfathers dresser is just the best!
Thanks, Kaycee!
THAT is super adorable!! You’ve just added to the heirloom piece!! When it is time to pass the dresser on to the next generation, the jewelry box will need to go with it, too!
Yes!! They will live together forever and ever!
How cute is that!! Great job.
Thank you, Mary!
oh my gosh, this is great!! The cutest idea and then to match it to your dresser…..kudos to you
Thank you so much, Scotty!!
A super cute idea! What will you think of next? I really like the style of your jewellery box – it’s a bit different with it’s little legs, and you’re so right, it’s a perfect match for your antique dresser! If I were to match one to my dresser it would have to be a little Mid-Century piece in walnut wood 🙂
It was too cute to pass up, that’s for sure!! And oh my word, could you imagine finding a jewelry box like your dresser???
Super Cute!
Thank you, Robyn!
You have such great vision and are so creative! I would have never have thought to create a matching jewelry box! Thank you for inspiring me to look for a jewelry box when I’m out thrifting.
Thank you, Brenda! Sending good thrifting vibes your way!
WoW!! That is soooo cool! Love it.
Thank you so kindly!
One of my top 3 favorites of your projects. Just adorable!
Thank you so very much!
This came so cute! What a fun project!
Thanks, Maria!