A Dresser Makeover

Ever since we welcomed little man #2 into our home{almost a year ago} we have been in desperate need of a new dresser (we have nowhere for all these little man clothes). Now folks...I. AM. CHEAP. But just because I'm cheap doesn't mean I don't have taste. I wasn't about to go spend a hundred bucks on a dresser that I didn't love.

I had this vision in my head and it wasn't going anywhere.

I knew what I wanted and I was going to find it.

I scammed craigslist forever (Ok, more like a year or two). Finally found this gem, made my offer, and had it in my home and completed before the week was up!

I try to spray paint everything (because spray paint rocks) but I knew it would take a lot of spray paint, so I went with a can this time.

1 Quart of Valspar (interior paint/primer) in Cookie Crumb covered the whole thing perfectly. I even coated the drawers 3 times each. I also don't normally sand but I figured this dresser would get banged up enough that a good sanding would only help my cause.

And I of course finished it off with black antiquing glaze...because black glaze makes everything look better ;)

Completed the whole project in less than $60 (even that kind of seemed pricey to me)haha now you know how cheap I am!

Dresser Refinish

Ahhh it's finished....and I'm in love!

My parents gave me these old dressers when I got married, there not even that ugly but I knew they had potential to be much cuter. So after years and years and talking about refinishing them....we finally did it. So I sanded the top down, I probably could have sanded way more than I did...but I was just to excited to get painting. Taped this bad boy off, and got down to the fun part.

I don't know why I had the two-tone idea in mind but it was one of those ideas that gets stuck in your head until it's actually done... so I went with it, so glad I did.

I used Krylon spray paint in Ivory, the first coat I used the primer/paint in one. Two more cans of paint and the dresser was covered. Then I finished it off with a black glaze to show off all the scraps and dings...makes it look a little more antique.

The handles aren't my favorite, but they will do until I can afford new ones....which may be so long I will just forget about changing them anyways.

And a HUGE thanks to my sweet adorable husband for all his help, I couldn't have done it without you;)

Table Refinish

I am in the process of changing the colors in my living room to this beautiful ocean blue color, and since I don't have anything in the actual color I figured I needed to start there first.

While my sister was in town visiting we made a quick visit to the Goodwill...just so happened to be 50% of furniture day, so we picked up this beauty for $7. I was a little skeptical at first (I mean it is pretty ugly) but my sister finally convinced me, and if it really didn't turn out I only lost a few bucks.

We picked up the color of paint I wanted on our way home, and 1 hour later I had myself a new table.

And I am so happy with it, if you are skeptical about painting furniture or anything for that matter, you should hop on over to Allthingsthrifty.com, seriously she will inspire you to paint everything you can find!