Dresser

Side of the Road Find

October 26, 2012 By admin

When we lived in O-town, people would drop things off in front of our garage that they found on the side of the road or that they were going to throw out. I also got lots of text messages with things like, “chair, Lisbon and Oakwood”. Or messages about good garage sales. I absolutely loved that I had some “pickers” out there and knew what I would be interested in!

Since we’ve been here, I haven’t had a lot of success with finding items, so when someone here lets me know of something available, I get a little giddy!

Someone Tom works with let him know this was on the side of the road and he let me know…so after Body Pump the other day, I drove by….I am so glad I did!

The only thing was that this piece was crazy heavy. And I moved it by myself at 38.5 weeks pregnant. Some would think I’m crazy stupid. They are probably right, but that thing hit me….you know the thing…if I don’t grab this now, someone else is going to and I am going to miss out! So I did every thing I could to get it in the truck….unfortunately for me, I didn’t go into labor! I wish it would have started something!

The bottom drawer is not in-tact, but the front is there, so I will hinge it and put baskets in the bottom for storage.

It has the best drawers and shape. And the top is great. I’m thinking of staining the top and painting the rest turquoise. We shall see what happens to it!

Oh, and casters! Love me some casters…

Filed Under: Dresser, Fun Discoveries

Night stand dressers

October 25, 2012 By admin

When we picked up the fireplace mantel we also picked up two little dressers that I thought would be perfect as nightstands in our bedroom. They are a great size, have a nice surface for lights and books and monitors and then three drawers for storage.

I love the style and I knew they would be perfect next to our barn wood headboard. I love mixing different styles. I love the look of items collected over time instead of purchased all at one time at one big furniture store. Plus, these have a great story! I worked out a deal with the antique dealer to get the three items for a great price. Who doesn’t love feeling like they got a good deal?!

I painted them paris gray, distressed them and then waxed them. I love the pulls, so they stayed.

So yummy and dreamy….

Filed Under: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Dresser

Make Over Monday

October 1, 2012 By admin

One of my new clients here in town bought a dresser from me and decided to have one of their dressers finished as well, which of course makes me happy!

What made me even happier was that she wanted it purple! You know that I never get to paint things in girly colors, so when I do, I get excited about it.

Here’s the dresser mid painting. The unpainted drawer needed to be fixed, so I glued and wood puttied and sanded and painted. I am pretty sure you can’t tell which one I fixed.

I distressed it, waxed it with clear wax, and added some crystal knobs from Hobby Lobby…and it turned out great!

Love painting in girly colors!

Happy Monday!

Kirsty

Filed Under: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Dresser, White Butterfly

Make-Over Monday

September 17, 2012 By admin

My Dad’s neighbors, bless their hearts, brought me this dresser that they picked up at an estate sale. Perfectly good dresser and everything worked great! I knew I wanted to do a two-toned piece at some point again and this piece seemed to be just the piece to do it on.

The previous owner of this made it. By hand. And it is solid as a rock. Love handmade.

The previous handles were just a basic wood and were a little high for my liking, so I needed to change those out. The holes were too wide for any standard pulls, so I filled them in and sanded them. I alway over fill my holes slightly, so that you can sand it away and it leaves no trace of the hole. It’s also a good idea to do it in layers and make sure each layer dries thoroughly.

I also decided it needed a little oomph. In the feet. So I grabbed some feet from Home Depot. These are seriously so easy, any piece can be transformed into something a little more substantial with some new feet. I love the idea of getting flat pieces off the floor a little.

All you have to do is attach these pieces to the bottom and then screw the feet to those pieces. Done and done. Or not so much…..

In order for my top plates to work properly, I needed some more support, so I took the old drawer handles and attached them to the bottom. Then I attached the top plate to those….

Seemed to work out pretty well.

Nice shot slick. It’s a good thing I am not a professional photographer. Actually, it’s a good thing I don’t care that much about the before pictures!

For my birthday I received some brand spankin’ new Annie Sloan Paint Brushes….and let me tell you, they are totally worth the price. Even if you just get one, it will be worth it. (I would get the medium sized one, if you get just one!) So, I used my new brush and I tried french linen this time. Love this gray! So pretty!

It’s not my typical makeover, and I haven’t gotten a ton of feedback on it, but I absolutely love it. It’s different and classic and bold and I couldn’t be happier, and if no one buys it, then more for me!

I distressed the drawers and then unconventionally sprayed them with a clear coat of gloss enamel because the dresser frame is a bit glossy. The drawer pulls are from Martha Stewart for Home Depot and I love them. They were $1.50 each, and will probably be discontinued so I bought all of them at the HD here in town….did I really just say that?! Yep, I bought them all, but in my defense they only had a dozen.

I don’t have all of my supplies here so instead of using my fancy hole liner-upper, I had to use a regular old pencil and tape measure…I know! The horror. But, I think we turned out okay.

I may end up painting the bottom part of the dresser and leaving the top wood, we’ll see. But right now, I love it!