Furniture Makeover

From this...

To this!

This was a dresser bought from one of those used furniture shops and I currently house it for my craft supplies.

So it really wasn’t too bad to start off with, it probably had seen some good days maybe 10 years ago - but I’ve got my hands on it now…

Steps:

I quickly unscrewed and removed those old plain drawer pulls.

Then sanded with sandpaper which was not the most fun. If I could have gotten away without it, believe me, I would have. But the old paint was glossy and the wood needed some smoothing out.


After wiping off the sanded areas, I spray painted with primer. Primer is another step I usually don’t mess with, but there were a lot of dents and dings so I needed to get the paint even as possible.

Spraying on a couple even coats of black satin Valspar spray paint I then impatiently let that dry.


Now, the fun part!

I halved a piece of scrapbook paper to be centered on the front of the drawers.

Using Mod Podge I coated the front and back of the scrapbook paper. (This diamond checkered paper I got on sale at Hobby Lobby for only .17 cents!)

I Mod Podged on a plain black ribbon to give the edge of paper a finished look.

Then simply screwed on new drawer pulls and voila!

This project kind of reminded me of a transformation from pajamas to a nice new suit! :)

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Wine Bottle Revamp – Second Series

What I had scheduled for this week was supposed to be a dresser makeover but the snowy weather among other things slowed me down.


So I revamped another bottle instead…

I started with an empty Paul Masson wine bottle.

My original plan was to give this a Native feel with turquoise & brown paint, adding some twine, and maybe some feathers.

Here’s the first layer, sponging on the turquoise color.



Note: To add some dimension and depth, I used a turquoise colored paint with a darker shade of turquoise mixing in a splotch of white. That keeps it from being boringly one dimensional.


Same color technique with the rusty brown. I used two tones of brown plus some white.

Sponging on a heavier and thicker layer at the top and bottom ends, and thinning out towards the middle of the bottle.

Now here’s where I said, “hmmm....”


This was taking on more of an old Spanish feel instead of my anticipated Native theme.


Sometimes you’ve just got to let projects take their own twist, especially when it’s a good twist! ;)

I’m not sure what’s the deal with me and dots lately but it seems to be working out quite nicely…

For the dots, I just took a thin wooden dowel, dipped the end of the dowel in white paint and dotted away!

Super easy!

And of course, it needed a companion.

Using a clear glass candle holder, I covered it with white paint first.

Then the turquoise…



Then sponging on the brown, following with the dots.

What a perfect match. I can see these placed outside on a patio or porch. Or this effect can be done on a flower pot.

Use a clear spray coat to seal it all in.

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Darling Pincushion Bed

I started with a basic ready made paper mache box which has a nice curved top perfect for this project. Simply pried off the tiny clasps on the front.

Sorry there are no step by step pictures of the process. Although it turned out good and it was fun, this project had a lot of revisions. This was one of those tasks that, let's say, took a bit of patience.

Materials:
Paper mache box – ready made
Scrapbook paper
Ribbon
Fabric
Basic school glue
Hot glue gun
Pillow stuffing

First I wrapped and glued the scrapbook paper to the lower portion of the box.

Then glued the black and white fabric onto the top.

Line and glue ribbon, this hides all the ugly edges.

And I hot glued the ruffle trim around the whole box, which I think pulls it all together.

For the pillow.
I simply used iron on adhesive to make the pillow form and filled with stuffing and then hot glued on to the bed fabric.

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Awesome Wine Bottle Revamp

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