UPDATE: I have had a bunch of questions about my Easter outfit. :) You girls are so funny! The dress is Calvin Klein, and I got it at Marshall’s on clearance for $44.00 (which is actually kind of pricey for me). The shoes I got at Payless for $14.99, and I already had the necklace and earrings. There ya go, sweet things!
I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend.
The weather here was absolutely perfect, and I enjoyed spending time with both sides of our family.
I did get a couple pics that I wanted to share with you.
Me and my boys…
The loves of my life!…
The whole crew after church…
I missed Mom terribly. I have such wonderful memories of Easter as a child. Mom played a big part in making it so special. I pray that my boys will also look back on these days and feel the same love that I did growing up.
The best part of the day was being in the Lord’s house and celebrating Jesus’ love for us all!
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Now to another piece of furniture that I finished for our master bedroom makeover.
Remember this inspiration picture I shared with you?….
And remember this dresser I found at an antique mall?…
Well, I broke down and bought her. They were asking $250.00 for the dresser. (Remember I had a $700.00 budget from the money I made selling my previous cherry bedroom suite.)
I did NOT want to pay that much!! I am sooo cheap! I knew that as soon as I bought the dresser, I would find one like it at a garage sale for like 25 bucks, and I would be totally kicking myself!
So I waited for about two weeks as I looked at every used furniture store, Goodwill, and antique mall I could find, and I saw NOTHING like this dresser.
I went back to the antique mall and offered them $200.00 cash, but they didn’t take it. So I called my Aunt Sue who buys and sells antiques, and ask her what I should do.
Long story short, my Aunt Sue went to the antique mall and talked the dealers down to $210.00. That’s as low as they would go, and since it was exactly what I was looking for, I decided to get it. :)
Thank you, Aunt Sue!
And here she is now…
Isn’t she cute?
I followed the same painting steps on this dresser that I used for my black armoire, except I cover the whole dresser with primer. You can read about the details HERE. I also will probably be putting a coat of polyurethane on this dresser for extra durability.
I did want to share with you how I did the drawer pulls.
They looked like this at first…
My husband primed them with some self-etching primer that he uses on his cars. (You could use regular spray primer.)
Then I spray painted them black (look at the handle at the top of the picture.)
I used a Folk Art paint from Walmart called Metallic Antique Gold ($1.25) and wiped it over the black handle with a paper towel.
It gave me exactly the look I was after! Can you see the difference in the picture below?
I love the way they look on my dresser…
Pretty close to my inspiration picture, don’t ya think?
LOVE IT!
Now for the hard part…accessorizing! I always struggle with this step. I’m not sure what I want to put on it…lamp?….pictures?….flowers?….we’ll see…
I am linking this project up to these wonderful parties…
Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick,
Thrifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality,
Make it for Monday at Cottage Instincts,
DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land
Furniture Feature Friday at Mustard Seed Creations
Blessings!
Traci
