Trading Spaces isn't all bad

It teaches you things like sanding before you paint something. Apparently the person who had the $5 dresser before we had it didn't follow this simple rule. Just a light sanding to rough up the surface will help the next layer of paint stick to the previous layer (more surface area and all that). Well, the paint was coming off in a few places, so I thought, "I've got some extra time, I'll give it a quick sanding and do some touch ups." No siree-bob. I started sanding and the paint started peeling. Not a happy sight. So... we're borrowing a sander from someone at church, and we're just going to paint the whole thing (in case you've never tried, hand sanding a dresser, even a small one like this, gets old very quickly).