Last summer my friend bought a house and a number of pieces of furniture conveyed with the sale, which translated to a bunch of beat up furniture left in the basement for her to deal with. This particular chest of drawers had been used as a sawing board of some kind and had the scars to prove it. I asked if I could take it off of her hands and try to fix it up and she helped me load it up, more than happy to get it out of her house. I brought it home and cleaned it up as best I could and then started priming it for paint. I managed to get the drawers painted and then I found out I was pregnant, which meant I had to postpone my spray-painting fun for the time-being. Fast forward to this month: As a present for the baby, my friend, Barb, agreed to finish the project and have it ready to be used as a changing table and clothing storage. Here's how it turned out:
The overall color is petrol blue by
Valspar and the original hardware is painted white. I then used a white paint pen to outline the incised decorative tracing on the drawer fronts and voila! Perfect, right? Now I have a place to put all of the baby's
Fuzzi Bunz and clothing!
Last summer my friend bought a house and a number of pieces of furniture conveyed with the sale, which translated to a bunch of beat up furniture left in the basement for her to deal with. This particular chest of drawers had been used as a sawing board of some kind and had the scars to prove it. I asked if I could take it off of her hands and try to fix it up and she helped me load it up, more than happy to get it out of her house. I brought it home and cleaned it up as best I could and then started priming it for paint. I managed to get the drawers painted and then I found out I was pregnant, which meant I had to postpone my spray-painting fun for the time-being. Fast forward to this month: As a present for the baby, my friend, Barb, agreed to finish the project and have it ready to be used as a changing table and clothing storage. Here's how it turned out:
The overall color is petrol blue by Valspar and the original hardware is painted white. I then used a white paint pen to outline the incised decorative tracing on the drawer fronts and voila! Perfect, right? Now I have a place to put all of the baby's Fuzzi Bunz and clothing!
12 comments:
Looks great! That's the perfect color and vintage vibe for you :)
Thanks! It's almost hard to believe that it's the same scary chest that was hiding in Miss Xtine's basement!
Is Jesus still living in the top drawer??
It looks awesome - LOVE that color!
Not at the moment; my plan is to affix him to the back with some Modge Podge. I hope he doesn't mind the change in location. :)
It looks marvelous! So much better than in my basement... Love the idea to stick the jesus print to the back :) PS - great kitty pillows
Thank you for letting me take it off of your hands!
How did you get it up all of those stairs? It looks great... I think this color is growing on me ;)
My mom was down for the weekend, and so we decided to be wild and crazy and move furniture for fun--we're weird like that!
Oh my gosh!!! Love it and LOVE LOVE LOVE your style!!! I can't wait to read more! I love craft and thrifty wives!!
xoxo
OMG!!! I love it!!!! I would have thought that hardware came from urban outfitters or anthropologie or something! I love crafty and thrifty wives!! Can't wait to read more!!!
xoxo
where oh WHERE did those kitty pillows come from?!
This is exactly what I'm hoping to do for a dresser in my little girl's room (great job!!) -- just have to find the right one.
I hope you don't mind, but I put your before and after on my blog so that my family will help me look for an old beat up dresser to rehab.
http://thirtyeight20.blogspot.com/2011/06/wanted-old-dresser.html
If you see any issues with it, please let me know and I'll correct or take it down!
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