Look at the awesome job Centsational Girl did on a boys dresser. She says "I spied a listing for an Hemnes dresser on Craiglist last week for sale by a couple in my hometown for half the retail price, I scooped it up. Only problem ~ it was black. Not that I don’t like black furniture, but it was too dark for the little lad’s room.
So I painted it. Then added some blue stripey trim around the drawers just for fun."