French Gray Dresser with a Surprise!

This dresser was just screaming for a makeover!
It was sturdy and had some nice features, but was so very tired-looking!

A couple coats of French Grey paint helped so much!

Some white highlights helped bring out the pretty details!

But, then I thought it needed some pizazz!

So I painted the inside a beautiful shade of green!

Outside: neutral and predictable,

but inside: Surprise!

Link Parties:

http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com/2014/04/centerpiece-wednesday-cool-blues-with.html

It's Never Simple!

This corner of my family room was looking a little dark to me, so I thought I would just move some little tables around and fix the problem. Simple enough, right?

I should know better! Nothing is ever as simple as that. One thing always leads to another...

I have 3 end tables in that room and I just wanted to use them, not steal from other rooms.

So I moved them all around, seeing if they would look better in different spaces, and I finally settled on a good arrangement.

But I then realized I needed to paint this little dresser because the color was all wrong for the room.

My first inclination was to match the red cabinet I had in the corner. It wasn't really what I wanted, but I just couldn't come up with a different color.

So I painted it red and hated it! It just did not work on this cabinet.

So I painted over the red with with a green color, but I barely got that on before I knew it was wrong and painted it white.

It was better than anything else I had tried, but it was kind of blah.

The walls in the room are yellow, and I thought the cabinet would look cute yellow, but I didn't want it to blend into the walls. But maybe a yellow-white combination was the answer.

So I left the drawers white and painted the rest of it a darker yellow than the walls.

Finally, something I could live with!

And it solved my original problem of a dark corner, too!

Furniture Project: Blue and White Bamboo Dresser

Loved this little dresser right from the start!

The details make it look like bamboo.

Even the handles.

It started out white and yellow, but it was old and dingy,

so with a fresh coat of white paint and blue for the details,

it has a whole new life!

Furniture Projects: Hand Painted Dresser

Sometimes you come across a sad little dresser that you just have to
take home and try to give some love.

That was the case with this one.

Not very interesting features, but good and sturdy with lots of storage.
 I decided to hand paint a design on it, not anything elaborate, just a simple design.

So I used some quilt stencils and a white paint marker to make the design.

side view

front

I painted the wooden knobs white and wrote words like

 "push", "pull", "left" and "right" on them.

I thought it was cute enough to copy on a small end table.