..You make me happy when skies are grey..

Hey sunshine!.. speaking of my new dresser of course.

1st, I have to show the before..



banged up, sticky, stinky and dirty... screaming for a make over

This little guy was $5 at a garage sale.  I was so excited when I found it.  Brady was not so much, he stomped his feet and pouted the whole time he loaded it up into the truck...  "you don't need anymore dressers"  Psshhh wtv, Brady!

Perhaps he just knew that he would be the one who'd have to paint it.  I can pretty much pull the pregnancy card whenever I want, especially when it comes to paint fumes. 

4 cans of primer and 5 cans of yellow spray paint (yellow didn't want to hide the flaws for some reason? or we're just not an experts on spraying furniture..)  and a lacquer finish later....  He's got a nice home in our guest bedroom.  He does a great job housing all of my xmas bows, ribbon, cards, gift boxes, etc.  I guess I did need another dresser after all!

Yes, that's yet another leather rug.. I have 4 in my house.. a little obsessed, I suppose.

Wow, that's one dusty guitar.  This lady is too lazy to dust before taking pix.  whoops!

Acrylic knobs.. Kari picked these up for me in SLC @ IKEA.  $4 total!

I'm loving them so much :)

I think I'm growing an obsession with junky old furniture.  I am currently on the hunt yet another dresser to go in my new basement office.. Anyone want to take a trip to the Salvation Army with me!?

Shangrila Side Table

A few weeks back I picked up a junky old side table from a garage sale.  I think my Mom, Dad and the guy selling thought I was a bit crazy for wanting it.. But I saw some cool details and couldn't resist!  It has an overlay carving on the front, sweet brass medallion-ish handles and brass caps on the legs.  Plus, it was nothing a fresh coat of paint couldn't fix!  I got a deal too.. they were asking $5 but I got it for $4! hah


BEFORE:

AFTER:

*sorry for the bad after pix.. I will post more pix once I figure out where in the world it's home will be in my house*

Basement Furniture

I am a little sensitive on the subject of our basement still not being finished, so I don't really blog about it!... but I have some cool new things that I feel I am over due with posting about.  1st, here is one of my favorite things.... a dresser that once belonged to Brady's Great Grandmother! 
About 7 months ago, we received a call from Brady's Aunt, Diane, asking if we needed a dresser.  She had it in a spare bedroom for a long time was attempting to make room for some new furniture.  Of course, I am a little crazy and jumped at the opportunity for old furniture...  I had to beg Brady to let me take it home.. He just didn't understand how cool this dresser really is..

It was almost impossible to take a picture without Koko getting in the way.  She has this toy that to she insists on throwing in front of me everywhere I go in the hopes of getting to play fetch.

It really is such a cute toy though, right?  It's a balloon animal :)

In case you wondering what the black thing leaning up against the wall is?  Well, it is my new desk.

it has gorgeous angles..

and legs..

Here is a pic I found online of what it looks like assembled.  Yes, it is a large dining table.  I have the worlds smallest dining room, so this will work as a desk until we get a bigger house someday. 
I should explain why I would buy something that I don't really have room for.. I got the deal of the century.  This $500 table was marked down to $99 at Pier 1.  With my discount, I bought it for just $75.. be jealous :)

here is a pic of a the same dresser with the faux wood part painted black.  This dresser was featured on  Apartment Therapy for $500 on one of their "scavenger roundup" posts.   (After sharing that info with Brady he began to believe me that this dresser is in fact cool)  Isn't it strange how only the drawers are real wood?  I plan to do the same thing to my dresser, only with white paint. 

That's all for today.. I'll leave with a pic of Cujo.  Here's what he was doing during my photo taking.  He was upstairs being anti-social, as usual, hiding under the dining table.  good thing he's cute