What bedding will go in the room? I would make sure that is set before choosing the dresser color. I could see that dresser painted a persimmon color for some reason. It would look nice with the gray/brown and would add brightness to the room. Of course, it has to go with the bedding as I said before. A lighter version of the gray/brown would look nice too.

mcm is short for mid century modern that's a dresser of my dreams. so pretty, such great lines i must admit i do love it leaning off center..well i like most things off center. together with that. I'd be worried a bit. Hm. Is there a way to secure it some-and still leave leaning? another way is what tartan suggested..it goes on the wall where the floor mirror is, and some art you love goes above the dressser you can also turn it horizontally and hang it-but I love it being vertical..you probably do too in short I can see your "why"..if not for the possible slipping, breaking, etc I'd be tempted to leave as is "dated" is not part of the equation here, like, at all

@julieste The general contractor will do everything EXCEPT install the cabinets. Traemand doesn't doe the construction work but you will need your final design BEFORE your general contractor can get started as they need to know exact measurements and where all the electrical and plumbing needs to be. Our process was: 1) Come up with our design and find a general contractor. This meant measuring, measuring, measuring and checking with a contractor (electrician, plumber, hvac) to make certain what we wanted was even possible as we needed to move plumbing, electrical, A/C ducts, and remove a wall. I played around on the IKEA site (very frustrating but also very educational) and finally paid $300 to Inspired Kitchen Design (IKD) to do a couple of design options for me. I learned about IKD here on Houzz and although their designs weren't perfect they did help me refine what I wanted. Once I had their design I went to IKEA (a few times) and also had them do a design for me which they sent to Traemand for an estimate on the installation costs. I didn't buy the cabinets or contract for installation because I didn't want the cabinets delivered and in the way during construction, but I did have a good idea of the costs. 2) Construction was done by a general contractor. In our area no one has experience or wants to do the installation of IKEA cabinets so first we had to find someone who was willing to do just the construction portion and let me use IKEA to do the cabinet install. You don't want someone unfamiliar with the IKEA system to learn on your kitchen install so make certain if you have non-IKEA people do it that they are very experienced. We had lots of construction work to be done before we got to the cabinet installation. I removed a wall to open the space up to our TV room, we then had to build a small wall to bring electrical to the island, we removed a dropped ceiling, moved all of the AC ductwork that was in the way of my new kitchen plan, put in all new lighting and ran new electrical wiring, and then put in a new high ceiling, and moved the plumbing line to the sink. The general contractor does all that work before you get to the cabinet installation. They need detailed design plans to assure that everything is going to fit perfectly when the cabinets are installed. 3) Once we got to a point where we had a ceiling and walls we could have the cabinets installed. I ordered the cabinets about midway through the process and had them delivered but waited to finalize an install date. During that period my contractor had questions about how the island would be secured, who would build the base for my peninsula, etc. I was able to talk with the Traemand estimator to get the questions answered. That process was actually much easier than I anticipated. I had Traemand build the peninsula base (I was using upper cabinets as lower cabinets and they have no legs so they need to rest on something, plus I was installing a floor AFTER installation of the cabinets so I needed to assure enough clearance that the doors would open after the floor install.) 4) IKEA/Traemand installed the cabinets. That was a two day job. When they left the appliances were in place but not hooked up, electrical work needs to be completed, countertops need to be templated and installed, plumbing needs to be reconnected. 5) The countertop man came the following day @Hannah(he is part of my general contractor agreement, not IKEA) and measured, You don't need to use IKEA countertops. I'm actually using two countertop people as I have a mix of quartz counters in my prep areas and a wooden bartop that is being made by a different person. 6) After my counters are installed (about 3 weeks from now) the tile person will come to do the backsplash, and finally the electrician will be back to finish the electrical hookup, hang the hood, etc. and the plumber will come to hook up the sink, dishwasher, etc. It seems like it has taken forever but I've done remodels before and have tremendous patience with the process. We also had Thanksgiving and Christmas in the middle of our construction which slowed things down. My husband mentioned that my first email to a contractor about getting this project started was Feb 1, 2019 so it will be just over a year from start to finish. Actual construction didn't start until Nov 11 when they did the demo of my old kitchen so I figure we will have had about three months of actual construction.

Hi Margo - Thank you for the details! Your closet looks awesome! I have a walk-in closet in the master where that might work very well. I will look into Easy Closets - I was hoping for no particle board, but I'm discovering that seems to be very prevalent in closet systems. I see Lundia closets are all wood, but I am unimpressed by their drawers. The Easy Closet drawers must be nice, since I know you said you had similar issues with Elfa that I have - wanting nice drawers? I did look at wood dressers, and I was unimpressed by the quality also....until I got up to $1100 each. I will do some more shopping. But at $1100, I could maybe talk to a cabinet maker? I don't know...like everything else in my renovation, this is a journey. Haha. After an ever-expanding renovation (started as some cosmetic work and ended up being a full gut renovation due to the realtor spray painting over all issues in the midcentury house!), I'm tired of spending money! I am considering a dresser with Rubbermaid wire closet systems around it, especially for my kids' closets. My understanding is that Rubbermaid does not have all the accessories of Elfa but are similar to Elfa's "ventilated" shelves, at a very low fraction of the cost. I prefer plywood, but I will have to see how much my carpenter will charge for building a closet around a dresser. I imagine you had a similar journey and ended up at Easy Closet after penciling it all out! I will certainly update when I decide what I'm doing, and I'd love to hear everyone else's journeys!