Monday, October 24, 2011

Sweat, blood, and tears

Yeah!! My parents came to visit and I quickly put them to work! Thank you to my mom and dad!


This past several days my mom and I slaved over preparing Evan bedroom. I thought refinishing a childhood dresser couldn't be that difficult right?  I read all kinds of bloggers ideas how to paint furniture, tips and tricks. I want to get a good start stripping the paint and prepping before it got too cold around here.  Here is the before photos:

 It was in pretty good shape, some nics and scratches and again according to several bloggers it is just as simple as 1. . .2. . 3 and taa daa!  Okay not so easy! It took forever to strip the paint, as you can imagine the less toxic the stripper the less helpful it is.  After at least a week and many near-freezing hours spent in the garage here is his almost complete dresser.  We really liked the grey honeycomb design on one of the Ty Pennington fabrics I am using for Evan's bed linens.  My mom is so creative she whipped up a stencil we used to replicate the pattern.

 Found some fun drawer knobs and have a few more small details to finish but I really wanted to brag on my mom!

We also worked a few other projects:
  Bed Skirt and two different crib sheets

Painted side table for the rocker or play table for Evan
  I didn't actually build anything but I did take it apart and paint it!

Before: Step Stool
After
After Side Panel: My attempt at Evan's Korean name: JaeHyeong




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