Dresser Refinished

So I bought a dresser, nightstand, bed, tall dresser and a mirror at a garage sale a few weeks ago. I paid $70 for the set. I really only wanted this dresser, but she didn't want to separate the set...so I bought it all...with the hopes that I'd be able to sell the rest on craigslist. And I did. But I only sold two pieces. The tall dresser and the bed. And I sold them for $60. So...in essence, I spent $10 on this dresser, the nightstand (previous post...you can see why I couldn't get rid of it!), and a mirror for above the dreser that I know I'll use someday.

And I transformed this:

into this:

Cute, huh? It wasn't all wood, so I decided to spray paint it using the suggestions from here.  Because spray paint is a bit more expensive, I ended up spending about $50 to refinish it all. Still, $60 for a dresser, nightstand & mirror? Not too shabby!  Completed room pics coming up next.

Nightstand part 2

Remember this? Well...it's now found a better home in my office (I always need more storage for my ever-increasing fabric stash). And this one is taking it's place. Hmm...I really want to spray paint that frame pink.

Found it!

I found T's dresser today at a garage sale. Girly, yes? When we went to pick it up, Ryan looked at thier driveway and kept going, convinced that it wasn't that dresser that I had purchased...he just doesn't see the vision! So, now begins the process of refinishing...I orignally thought I would do this, but there aren't a lot of nooks and crannies. So maybe I'll just revert to my old ways and spray paint this one. We'll see.

Thanks Grandpa

Many years ago, Ryan's grandpa made him this nightstand. He died a while before Ryan and I met, but had I met him, I think I would have liked him. Hello...maybe he would have even taught me to woodwork! It's an awesome nightstand & we've always used it. Though, the finish was never really our style.


So...I finally confirmed (probably 3 times) with Ryan that he didn't care if I painted it. And then I painted it. It took quite a few coats & I'm not sure I did that great, but it looks fantastic in T's room. The Liberty of London box I picked up fits perfectly. If she's anything like her brother, she'll have her fair share of junk to hide away in that box. Which makes me love it (and the lid) even more.

And, I love the little milk glass candlestick that I got a CAM. I flipped it over & voila, what a fun vase! I do have a second (it came in a set) and now I need to find another spot for it.