The Dresser..

Here she is. And yes she is a girl. At least in my mind. The first picture is a before and the rest are afters. I found her outside a shop for $15... and so she has some age issues but overall I think she has great character. I wasn't sure if it was meant to be when I saw her but it all came together. This is the first dresser I have tackled and will be keeping my eyes open for more low cost dressers to transform. I painted her in a grey and then in the details added the color provence. I stained the top dark to help set it off. The edges of the drawers and body are lightly distressed. For a practice dresser I am very pleased with how she turned out! And the sign on top is something I recently did as well.

This week I am headed to the beach so there probably won't be any more posts this week. And I need to replenish my stock of furniture to do! Maybe a trip to goodwill is in store soon.

Signs... Signs.. and more Signs....

For those of you checking my blog and finding there have been no new posts... I apologize! I am working on signs for people to give as gifts... so I won't be able to post what those look like until they are given. Wouldn't want to ruin any surprises! But here is a sign that is for no one in particular. I am thinking I may add some white hooks to the bottom when I come across some cool ones! I am also 99% finished with a dresser and hopefully will get some photos of it up soon. And another reason I haven't posted very much is I am hanging with my sister while she is home from Hawaii for a short time! I think sister time trumps computer time any day!

Table.

Here is a table I recently finished this week. I have learned my lesson working with a veneer top. From now on I will definitely try to stay away from veneer. This has been the most difficult project I have had yet. The top of the veneer was cracked... so I tried covering the top with a cool paper... didn't work out.... covered it in chalkboard paint... didn't like it enough... and finally came up with this! Now it isn't perfect; you can still see where the cracks are from the veneer but overall I am just glad I finished it! Will definitely be trying more designs like this one on different projects when I feel so inspired!!

Hanging shelf

I found two shutters at a garage sale and here is what I did with them. I attached a shelf to the top and added hooks to the bottom. You can also stick notecards/pictures; whatever you want, in the slits from the shutter. A nice shelf to keep some things organized.

Market Sign

One of my good friends asked me to make a sign for her. She had her idea of what it should look like and here it is! The finished product. I painted it on an old piece of wood I discovered at a shop. Hoping to make some more someday with some different looks.

Small Accent Table

I found this little gem at a garage sale. Just loved the shape and edges of it. I painted it in a cream and duck egg blue. Distressed the edges a bit and it is finished off with a wax. Hope you like it! Hopefully be posting more pictures soon of some other projects I have in the works.