A little TLC for an old dresser

Found this beauty at a thrift store.  Solid wood, dovetail joints, and I only paid around $75 for it.  

I painted it white and changed out the knobs.  

....Cut to 8 years later.

It needed a little TLC.

(Kevin thought it would be funny to paint one of the knobs gold and I never got around to switching it.)

I sanded all the drawers and the shell of the dresser.

Then painted it this beautiful putty-grey color.

Added some oval brass knobs...

and voila!

The color is perfect against our black bedroom walls.

I love it :)

Bamboo Frame

Found this killer painting of a waterbuck 

(painted on a lavender bedsheet) 

at a thrift store for $2.00.  Sweet....

But what I really wanted was the bamboo frame.

I painted a coat of black semi-gloss latex paint over the frame and let it sit for a few minutes before wiping it off.

This darkened it a bit and enhanced the lines of the bamboo.

After cleaning the glass really well, 

I added a drawing of a fox that I drew for my hubby.

I cut a piece of chip board with my exacto knife 

and used that as the backing. 

Then I taped it all up neatly with black gorilla tape.  

I like the rough edge of the watercolor paper so I didn't cover that up with a traditional mat.  Instead, I laid the drawing on grey paper cut to size.  

foxy

Mirror Makeover

Halloween Costumes

 Owen as a little chick

 Miles is a little lamb.

My little circus monkey

me in the shower

Castro

MAX!

Flash

Perry 

Shawn White

Halloween Decor

 Happy Halloween!

Fabric Covered Box Spring

 I'm not a big fan of bedskirts, so instead, I covered the 

box spring.

I found the perfect fabric from West Elm and my cousin was able to get me a discount.

Thanks, Alyssa!!!

I measured the height of the box spring and added 4", 2" for the top and 2" for the bottom.

I cut four strips.  I sewed two strips together for one box spring and two strips for the other.  

(king beds have two twin box springs under them)

Then I started stapling.

I started at the front and worked my way around the sides.

It came out great!

I love the fabric.