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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Bargain of the day.... ~*~cardis~*~

First of all I'd just like to say

the following pictures are pretty crappy.

{Sorry, but my room is dark AND

I just didn't feel like arranging them all

cute and folded on a flat surface.}

On a recent trip to Goodwill I hit the jackpot on cardigans. I'm pretty sure these had just been put out and probably came from the same person. They were at the end of a row and kind of all together. I snatched them up FAST! They all fit. Some are cuter than others, but I wanted them all. They were $4.19 each, so I got 5 cardis for about $20!!

Cute, huh?

Who doesn't like LIME green?

I already have a light pink cardi and now I have a

HOT pink one!!

I love this one. It's a pretty blue and heavier than the others. This will feel good

on a cold day and look cute too!

We all know how hard black is to photograph... so there's my excuse for the pitiful picture.

This cardi is not faded (like the picture shows) and has the cutest little flower pin...

This will go with a lot of stuff.

Well, there is my bargain of the day. Now maybe I can do another

WIWW (what i wore wednesday)

because I'll have something new and cute to wear!