Pinterest

Many people have told me that I really need to check out Pinterest, but it took me a while to actually check it out. If you have not joined this site, you must! If you love crafts, DIY, sewing, and Pages upon pages of beautiful inspiration, you need to check it out! You can create "boards" with any and all of your favorite things, and you will also be able to add a pin to your browser so that you will be able to pin photos and tutorials and images that inspire you. These can be pinned to your Pinterest board from anywhere on the web! This is a great way to collect inspiration that you can come back to at any time, and you won't have to worry about trying to hunt it down again, because you will already have it saved to your Pinterest boards!!! You can also add images of things that you have created, to share with others. There is so much more to this awesome site, but REALLY, you need to check it out!

Dresser Refinish

I have been on the hunt for a cheap dresser for my daughters room for quite a while now.  I didn't really know what I had in mind, but I just figured I would know it when I saw it.  After who knows how long of searching, I finally found one that someone was willing to deliver for me (since I only have a car...boo).  When I got this dresser, it was scuffed, dirty, and one of the drawers was a bit messed up, but it was super cute.

This was what I started out with.

The insides of the drawers were dirty, and had old yucky cabinet lining in them.... I began by, obviously, taking it outside.  I then gave the drawer faces, and the frame a good sanding to remove the shiny finish (or what was left of it), to allow the paint to "stick" better.  Once the sanding was done, I thoroughly wiped down all or the surfaces, and allowed everything to dry.  The drying didn't take long for me, since it was like 90 degrees outside, so anyways, when that was done, I used a small sponge roller, and my Glidden paint and primer in 1, and started rolling my paint onto all of the flat surfaces.  I then used a brush to get into the creases and corners.  Once my first coat was dry, I applied a second coat.  As a side note, the paint and primer in one didn't cover the piece as well as I had hoped, so I did have to put numerous paint coats on, but with a $14 can of this, I was able to paint the inside and outside of the entire dresser, drawers included, and I still had paint left when I was done.  While this method does take longer than spray priming and painting, it is much more cost effective to do it this way.  After all of my paint coats were dry, i used a fine grit sandpaper, and lightly distressed the areas where wear would naturally occur.  You can distress as much or as little as you would like, it all depends on the look you are going for.  For the inside of the drawers, I painted all of the sides, and on the bottoms, I used elmers spray adhesive, and applied a natural brown wrapping paper that I had cut to fit the bottoms.  This worked perfectly, and gave the drawers a nice clean new look.

This is how it looks after

I still have to get new knobs for it, but I am super excited about how it turned out.  I love it :)