The Unpainted Dresser + I NEED a Hepplewhite Pull!

We recently got my 3 year old into a big boy bed. By default, we put him into a full size bed....and here's why.

Growing up, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents. My grandfather was larger than life and also large. At 350 lbs, he and my grandma shared a full sized bed their entire life. I remember sleeping over at their house and being put to bed before the sun went down. My grandpa was always laying in this bed with his white t-shirt on, listening to the Minnesota Twins on the AM radio.

This bed belonged grandparents. I refinished it with my dad about 12 years ago...before I fell in love with redoing furniture. If I recall, my dad did about 80% of the work. He had the bed for awhile and we recently got it back just in time to put Dylan into a big boy bed.

Here it is in all of it's glory: Superhero sheets, bed rail and no box spring cover. I'm sure my grandma is rolling over in her grave, but I am thrilled to put it to good use!







So imagine my excitement when I found this at a garage sale last week!!



Guess what I paid!! Seriously...guess...I'll tell you at the end.

The top had major stains on it, so I stripped the top and refinished it in Cherry by Minwax. A perfect match.



Now it sits in Dylan's big boy room...a perfect match to my grandparent's bed!





Here's where you come in. The dresser is missing ONE pull. I'm thinking someone out there has an extra one lying round and wants to either swap pulls with me (I have a collection you can choose from) or I will pay you for one! Pleeeaase?



And want to know what I paid for her?



Thirty bucks.

You can hate me...but not for long, ok?

~Allison

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Glossy White Bamboo Accented Cabinet

Ok, first things first...earlier this week, I showed you this table and asked you to guess the finish I ended up with. If you guessed gray, you were right on the money! This is the way I finished it because for some reason, I wasn't diggin' the white that day.



But on to better things. This cabinet was brought to me in yellowy, dirty condition.

Before




I made it glossy white after priming with oil based primer. I thought Newburg Green (BM) would be a fun surprise inside.

After













Whatcha think? I really like how she turned out!

In even better news, this little man started Kindergarten today! And had a wonderful day!! I'm a proud and happy mom tonight!



~Allison

One Table, Two Ways and The End of Summer

THANK YOU for all of your comments on the twin beds I posted last week! They are truly one of my favorite makeovers to date!!

Today's makeover isn't quite as exciting, but alas, school (finally!) starts on Tuesday and we've been cramming in swimming, boating and more swimming. I am so jazzed that I'll have a little more time to work on furniture.

This summer, most of my time has been filled with these three hooligans:

Mr. J, almost 7 and starting 1st Grade:



Mr. C, 5 1/3, Starting Kindergarten:



Mr. D, age 3, preschool



Ok, on to what you really stopped by for. Today I'm showing you this little table I recently picked up:



The first go around, I didn't love, so I redid it....but you have to guess which is the finished table! I'll tell you in my next post which one I ended up with, but tell me which you prefer!

Finish #1










Finish #2









Which do you prefer?

~Allison