This, my friends, is what you can find in the garbage when you least expect it. This is the dresser that Chad and I found while riding our bikes past the cottages on Lakeshore Road a few weeks ago. My latest DIY project, following the blind-sewing marathon, has been fixing it up, and it didn't take much: some wood glue and wood filler to smooth out a few rough spots where the veneer was cracked or loose or missing; some primer, followed by two coats of alkyd finish paint (I chose a colour called Sugar Cookie - there were so many off-whites to choose from that it became overwhelming, and in the end, Sugar Cookie sounded like the perfect shade to have in a little girl's room.) Then I added new hardware - found these gorgeous glass knobs at D. Lawless Hardware. The finishing touch was a roll of pink and brown striped wrapping paper, which I used to line the drawers.
The whole thing turned out so pretty - I can't wait to get it out of our wreck of a garage, and into Mallory's room (though I think I will wait and put it in the new house; no sense lugging it up the stairs at home now if it's only going to have to come back down in a few weeks.) I hope she likes it. If not, I might have to find a spot in my own room for it.(I thought I'd uploaded a pic of Mal to go with this post, but now it seems to have disappeared. Hmmmm...)
2 comments:
so sweet!
oh my gosh, that is sooooo adorable!!! Love it, and those little knobs, makes it look so completely, perfectly vintage! Wrap that baby up well for transport! Wanna take a roadtrip, I still have MY furniture from when I was a little girl and it is so frilly and girly, would match that dresser so well! I have a hutch, dresser and headboard! Come get it!
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