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I’m sure a lot of you out there have a chest of drawers or a dresser that’s been sitting in a bedroom for years and it’s there because it fills the space and is useful but you can’t stand the sight of it!  It may have been passed down from your parents or something you found at a yard sale or maybe it was something you once liked but it’s now beyond dated. Wait! Don’t throw it away!  One of the easiest and quickest ways to freshen up a dresser is by painting it and changing the hardware.  You’ll be amazed with the end result and in awe that it’s even the same piece.  Check out this dresser that I transformed for a friend of mine for a total cost of $58.

BEFORE

Here’s the dresser before.  It’s a perfectly solid piece with some nice lines that needs a little love

Phase I – I used a light sand paper to sand it down to give it a nice smooth paint surface

Phase II – I sprayed/coated it with a beautiful silver paint

AFTER

Phase III – I added some knobs from Anthropologie and Voila!

All it takes is a few dollars, a little time and a little creativity.

I finally got around to painting my bathroom! I decided on Ben Moore’s Hollingsworth Green HC-141:

I’d share a picture but nobody wants to post their bathroom online. Trust me, it’s a welcome change! A cottage feel with bright white wainscoting and chrome accents. Next stop; the bedroom! It’s a white box right now and I can’t wait to throw some color up. I’ve decided on Ben Moore’s Jamestown Blue HC-148:

I’m thinking of doing a wallpaper in the small hall between the living room and the bathroom & bedroom. I’ve been obsessed with this birch tree print from Cole & Son for years:

I really, really want it! But I’ll have to convince my Mother to make a trip up from Texas. I’ve never wallpapered a thing in my life and I have a feeling I don’t have the patience. She’s a pro! We had red toile in our dining room for years (and a red carpet!)! I thought it “came with the house” but she later told me she picked it out! Funny thing is, I see it everywhere now! Ahhh, the cycle of trends…