Pinterest Project

In keeping with the Pinterest theme, I am sharing a Pinterest-inspired furniture re-do.  I fell in love with this picture from Miss Mustard Seed Interiors:

Miss Mustard Seed Interiors is amazing: www.missmustardseed.com

I mean, I fell in love.  I have an antique dresser that looks almost exactly like this and would love for it to look...exactly like this.  However, it seemed like a daunting task.  Then I remembered a goodwill find that I had in my garage that was untouched.  I picked it up from Goodwill more than 6 months ago because it was a small bookcase under $10 that was real wood and I had a purpose for it.  I already had the robin's egg blue paint and we always seem to have some shade of cream and stain.  So I set about to give it a try.  Being my first before and after, I of course did not get a true before picture but did get one after I started sanding.  It's iphone quality, though.

First, I sanded it down using my husband's hand sander.  Then I (cough, cough...I mean we...okay, my husband took over) painted it and put two coats of stain on the top and the bottom molding.  He also put some poly on the stained portions.  One good tip: he used a 1" foam brush for the cream paint since the areas were very narrow and it gave a cleaner line.  Once it was good and dry, I went back with the hand sander and distressed it a bit.  I was conservative this time and decided to live with it a while.  If I later decide it's not distressed enough, I can always go back over it. Here's my after:

Although it's no Miss Mustard Seed, and I have two friends, Beth and Laura who do wonderful furniture refinishing, this was a small project that I (and when I say "I".....) could tackle in a short amount of time.  Big thanks, as always, to my hubby who always helps me with projects like this.

What's your favorite Pinterest-inspired project?