OK. Maybe a stupid, too-broad, question..... If you are on Pinterest you love it. You are addicted. You are late for work because you are on it, you don't mind the doctor that is running late because you are checking out Ana White's latest free downloadable plans (what an awesome chic! Why didn't I think of it first?)
****OH - and did you notice my improved blogging skills? Yeah. That's right. I can link. Just TRY to keep up! LOL ****
Anyway. I'm addicted. In fact, all of the above might, in fact, be just about me. Do love me some pinterest. I got hooked during my divorce. I felt I needed to get off Facebook for awhile in case one night at midnight, after some wine, and maybe a sad call or text, I decided that the best thing to do would be to post my deep, personal feelings on Facebook. I knew I couldn't take the temptation. So I went off it, cold-turkey. My youngest egg recommended Pinterest. Been a cray-cray about it ever since. You can check out my Pin's Here: My Boards.
One of my first challenges on my own was getting the girls' rooms set up quickly. And on a nearly non-existent budget. It didn't take me long to stumble onto this sweet little idea, found on luckymestudios.blogspot.com.
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I had seen a few other variations of this, but I drew color inspiration from this (loved the grey), but decided to get rid of the drawer completely to put baskets in - then, from some other pins, decided to make that interior a snappy color.... Thanks to my awesome mom-friend, I had a free dresser and was ready to get to work. I do not have a lot of before pics, unfortunately..... (That is a LESSON LEARNED - if one plans to perhaps, one day, start a little blog - take before picture!)
But here are some pictures of the process:
I actually spray painted. Scared to death to do that. Big leap of faith. Coming from a family of woodworkers, it's always been somewhat of a sin to paint wood. I have rationalized it in my mind as such - if it's a piece that CAN be refinished and is WORTH being refinished, then I'll do it. This piece had a lot of veneer that was lifting. I sanded it down so that it was flush and smooth with surrounding pieces and spray-painted away.
Here it is with the frame painted and the inside taped off so that the spray wouldn't get in.... In hindsight, what would it have mattered?
So then I carried the beast outside. Not really that heavy, but awkward.... Anyway - the step that I do not show is that I took out the rails for the first big drawer, cut plywood, and THEN spray painted this pretty teal color..... (Which I later came to find out my daughter didn't like.... so LESSON - ASK a teenager FIRST.... BEFORE investing time, money, energy into something for them! ALWAYS ASK THEM FIRST!)
Oh - check out my moment of genius. That is a fitted sheet around the top of the dresser!
SO EXCITED!
Oh. My. Goodness. I just loved this.... Also kept the old antique pulls that were just WONDERFUL but spray painted them black. (Which is pretty much my go-to accent color.)
LESSON LEARNED - with baskets, it looks best if the baskets fit really, really well. These were just baskets I had in the house. You will see from an upcoming project what a difference that makes.
ALL DONE!
NOW WHAT??
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