Saturday, July 30, 2011

Finally... a post and some furniture re-dos

Wow.... a post every 3 months. I'm on a roll!

I enjoy looking at other blogs so much that I forget about my own

and

I've been busy,

ok?!

I've been busy painting furniture. Not really that busy though. I have two pieces that I've finished and the first piece, an antique dresser, only took me
a year
to finish!!

Really.

I started sanding on it probably OVER a year ago.

So, here it is....
the before.




She's pretty isn't she? She was in my dad's computer room for a long time and when
he cleaned it out I got to take her home. She sat in my storage building/craft room for awhile.
I sanded her and then, like I said, a year later...
I finished her.

Here she is in my daughter's room.
(excuse all the teenage girl crap everywhere)


I just bought some cheapie black paint from Wal-Mart and put about 3 coats on. Polyurethaned her. Then found these cute ceramic white rose knobs at Hobby Lobby.






 Now we just have to find a pretty mirror to go with her
(instead of the ugly mirror without a frame that's sitting on a towel so she won't get scratched
and leaned up against the wall)




And now for my second piece.
I found him (I call it a "him" because he's not very pretty)
at Goodwill... for FIVE dollars...bargain!




He was $15!
then FIVE!!




He's pretty sad, don't ya think?




I glued and used wood filler on a couple of places.
I had to use a chip clip for a clamp.
Clamps are on my list of things to buy.








Primer... the inside is still just primer, but i would like to paint it a bright color,
maybe turquoise, that just POPS when you open it.

Surprise!
I'm turquoise inside!




And.....

here he is....




 




(I made, or recycled, the coasters. I'll post about them tomorrow.
I promise. I'm back in blogger mode.)



Much better!!






Close up of the knobs... Hobby Lobby again.
Aren't they cute?






One more look at the
Before  &  Afters













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1 comment:

Cristina said...

Hi Lora - Thank you so much for visiting my blog! That is so funny that we've both gone with white and turquoise for a very similar cabinet! Great minds must think alike!

Thanks again!

Cristina
thepaintedkey.blogspot.com