Thursday, September 09, 2010

Fall Sprucing ??

So the weather has begun to change around here finally and the cooler weather has me in the mood for projects. This week I worked on a bookcase and dresser that were new to me like 15 years ago, and which my parents donated to my kids bedrooms a while back. Originally the whole set was whitewashed. . . 15 years ago, so all the pieces need new finishes. The bed, which Andi sleeps on is going to be moved to the Dudes room soon, and Thad will be making Andi a new bed. . . see, project mood. I re-whitewashed the bookcase for Sam's room and found these cute little blue baskets to organize with. And since I had leftover fabric from his quilt, I made some liners to match! I want to do something cool with the backing of the bookcase, but haven't figures out what. So for now, here it is.Oh, and that green wall will soon be history.


Then I painted the old dresser white, because the new bed is going to be white. I found a sort of before, at least before of half the dresser.


And here is the after. Much better!

4 comments:

Tenille Gates said...

love the projects! i should post some of my recent ones :0) you can modge podge some cute fabric or scrapbook paper on the bookcase backing or paint it a different color! Love those basket liners! i finally figured out how to use my sewing machine recently and love it!!

Too Blessed To Be Stressed said...

just a question... how long does the bookcase stay that organized?

Unknown said...

Very cute! I love the new hardware on the dresser! I have so many projects in mind but this whole "taking it easy" thing is making it hard to get to any of them!

jayme said...

I love how the dresser turned out. It looks brand new! I am painting a bathroom white this weekend. I know, I am SO original :)