Pink Dresser: Before and After

O.K. 

Here she is!

BEFORE

I really did take pics of the daunting task of removing the stickers.  The pics will show up later, I am sure! 

I used Goof Off 2 and a razor blade!  Surprisingly, this dresser was in perfect shape after the stickers were removed!

Priming

Looking pretty good with just primer!  I really wanted to paint it white, but did not have any on hand.

I did have Benjamin Moore Pink Lace though - so she is Pink and Pretty!

No Stickers and smooth as can be!

                                                                                            AFTER

I love the hardware and especially painted glossy white.

I used a brownish glaze to finish her off.

She has already been bought  for a little girls room

They are picking it up Friday, so that gives me a few days to enjoy it!

Holy Bucket of rust! Before and after Twin hot pink iron bed

Holy Bucket of Rust!

I bought this bed for a song, but I wasn't singing for long.

It was rusted so bad, and it took a lot of love and elbow grease to make it look nice

I fell in Love with it and it is my baby!

It is metal and iron and so cool! 

The headboard

The foot board



the rails I wish all the new beds were made this way. You can see the rust.

For fun, a nightstand

Primed

during, I always turn things upside down. Ready for the AFTER!

MY NEW FAVORITE!

The bed

The cool bed frame

Smooth and sleek after blood sweat and tears!

I love the lines of this nightstand

another angle, because it's so cute!

Both the bed and the nightstand were painted with
Krylon Watermelon pink and glazed with Valspar antiquing glaze - Asphaltum which is black.

one more, just because

and, of course a chicken wire memo board to match!

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I am a Lucky Girl!

If I was a gambling girl, I would go to Vegas, but I am not, because I don't like to loose my money. I am so lucky!  I walked into the D.I. thrift store and they were unloading a dresser.  Yay, don't bother putting in on the floor, just put it in my truck.  That was my first lucky day.  My hubby and I were coming home from Bear Lake.  We had a fun filled, hard working couple of days - staining a deck. 

One of those things that so badly needed to be done, but we knew it would be a lot of work.

 At his best - His hat and my T-shirt I slept in, he forgot his work shirt!

 We started early, but it didn't take long for the blazing sun to be  roasting us!

My job was the rail.  Tedious Tedious Tedious, but I am enjoy having a paint brush in my hand!

So proud, it looks so good!

If only we had time to sit and enjoy, but next time we will! 

This is what we used!

 Dead tired and anxious to get home, we passed the D.I. and Jay lost control of our truck, it pulled into the parking lot on it's own.  Ha Ha, we decided to make a quick swoop, Oh my, it was my  second lucky day.  Someone had just unloaded a truck of antiques.  Beautiful and still priced too high for this cheap, frugal girl.  I swooned and then found the real treasures!  An antique iron bed, priced at $10.00 and another wood antique bed priced at $15.00.  Now, remember I had a yard sale and cleared out my storage unit. . .  and I am not buying any more furniture.  It was Jay who said - LOAD THE TRUCK!  He has experienced thrift store shopping to know when a treasure is found!

Love!

Now for the big decision - Color. . . .  Watermelon or




Natures Heirlooml

or Peacock




551 East Design

Have a good day!

P.S.  It is family picture day at our house, oh if you knew the stress of orchestrating this!

Spray painted vase and frames! Before and After

 I have had a crazy busy summer all fun stuff!  We just got back from Girls camp,
150 girls, and about 50 leaders, give and take a few!  I loved it!  Went down the river on a 4 man tube and conked heads every time we hit white water.  Went down  big ole slides at the pool, and bathed in the river, washing our hair in a hot spring that tumbled over a rock.  Slept in a tent for 3 nights and sat around a campfire.  Lots of hard work and too much fun!  Nothing like getting away from cell phones, Internet, and problems of the world to refresh and rejuvenate!

I came home wanting to create, so I pulled some of my treasures out of my stash ~ after my garage sale, I don't have much trash treasure left.  I had a couple of things from the Thrift store that I spent pennies on.  Well, this was $2.00.

 I love the shape, and it has so much potential!

I primed and sprayed and Voila! A new vase for me. . .

 A couple of 75 cent frames. Not so bad before, but. . .

 Better After!

 I  took these flowers from another vase, in another area of my house.  I bought them at Tai Pan.  If you click on Tai Pan, you can get a coupon for 25% off your total purchase until Sat. July 23rd!

The spray paint  is Rust-0leum Painter's touch 2x. The colors are  Satin Stawflower and gloss Berry Pink!

Bubble Gum Pink Armoire Before & After!

My Before picture is pathetic!

I was so excited to get started

I didn't take the time for a full shot.

but you can get an idea

of what this heavy old armoire looked like!

I cleaned, lightly sanded, filled in a few holes with wood putty and got to work painting and glazing!

I am crazy for the black & white furniture, but I love all the bold bright fun colors out there too!
So, I went for it - Bubble gum Pink.  It makes me so happy, I want to blow a bubble.

It opens up for baskets or other fun things!  Oh the possibilities!

I found these cute knobs at TJ Maxx

I love it, and it is my new favorite!  How many times have I said that before!

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A new life and a good home for an old shelf!

This old red shelf was just that, an old red shelf!

Absolutely adorable with the bead board and pegs.

It just needed a face lift with some hot pink paint!

Before

yes it is red. . .

 Now it is hot Pink, but still a little too bright!

 So I covered it with Ralph Lauren ebony glaze, and wiped it off with a wet rag.
I Love the glaze, because it is easy to work with.  You can wipe off what you want, and if it doesn't look right, add some more!

 When I say cover it with glaze, this is what I mean - I covered it, and then wiped it off with a wet rag!  Have lot's of rags on hand, because you will use a lot of them!

 The glaze finished it off perfectly!  Otherwise, it looks like a cheapo spray painted shelf!

Here is the best picture I could get, really it is CUTE!

Her new home!

Covet Boutique

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