Sneak Peak...

Remember the table we have been working on?  Seen in THIS post?  Well we are almost done!  Here is a sneak peak...I would show more but it is a surprise for our friends!

Hard to even tell what you are looking at here;)

Dresser, You WILL See Better Days...UPDATE!

This is a dresser that I have had since high school...and it has been in the family for longer than that.  I has seen better days...and it WILL again:)  We have already replaced all the runners for the drawers, new hardware has been ordered, a design has been established and a round mirror will replace the traditional one that currently resides.  I can't wait!  We will post updates as we go...but this is the starting point...
 

Stripping the old paint!

Trying out a new mirror...

 So you can see this is still a work in progress...but we are getting there!  Already a huge improvement in my book.  Things left to do...the middle drawer needs a facelift or it needs to be replaced with baskets, the lower four handles need to be longer, a final coat of paint over the white and a new baseboard with no scroll around the bottom:)  Love the change for now though!  WOOHOO!!

Nightstand Makeover...

These were BORING.  Nice enough for the purpose that they serve...but after being painted once (I don't even think there is one piece of real wood in these things...we bought them 10 years ago...) they were just not singing the pretty nightstand tune.  Now I am not sure what a pretty nightstand tune is but I am sure that it sounds a little like the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah".  Anyways, we wanted to do something (and that something needed to be cost effective) to make these pieces fit our room theme better.  So here are the before and afters...

Before...

Side by side...the new one has been re-painted, holes filled for new hardware, and a new wood top put on and stained to match the headboard.

Small change...but I love it!

 The whole project cost $8 per nightstand.  Now that is a cost effective nightstand makeover:)

Next Up...(update!)

This Ikea table is next on the build list...wish us luck!

Boden was  big help:)

Sneak peak:)  Getting closer!