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Dresser Painting Progress & Plans

This week has been BUSY with projects – inside & outside.  I am tackling inside the house and a painting project in the garage, while Ted is chipping away at his 599+ item honey-do list 🙂  Today, he’s been power washing the garage, deck and patio and finishing planting flowers from last weekend, as well as getting some baby gear out of storage and set-up (Infant car seat, pack’n’play, swing, etc.  He has been such a trooper!

I mentioned awhile back in my “Other Rooms I’m Tackling” post,  we turned one of our guest rooms into the nursery and moved the bed into our loft space which was, & is kind of still, functioning as a playroom/storage room/craft room/office.  Why not stick a bed in there and make it a guest room too?!  I worked on getting the dresser from the old guest room painted this past week and am finishing up the nightstand today.  The dresser & nightstand have been with me since college and were inexpensive IKEA pieces.  I was never a fan of the light birch color & finish, so I decided a quick makeover would do the trick.  Here is where the dresser has been and where it is headed.  I will post full completion photos when it is well, finished!

Before

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Progress

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Inspiration / Plans

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I am going to add brass drop ring pulls to the dresser to jazz it up a bit.  As for the nightstand, I want to do something funky to it, but haven’t quite decided just what that special touch will be yet.  I at least wanted to get the painting done before the baby comes.  I don’t know how often I will be able to sneak away for painting projects during naptime anymore.  Who knows if there will be a working schedule at all!  I am hoping at some point, the boys will nap at the same time, but that could be a ways out.  In other news, I worked on nursery closet clothing labels this week and will post those pics soon!

Have you given any old pieces of furniture a new look with some fresh paint? I would love to hear about your projects! I think it is such a simple & inexpensive way to transform the whole look of a room.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend… bye for now!

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