After a few days of feeling under the weather, it finally caught up with me today and I just didn’t have the energy to get any notable nesting done. This little boy is running out of room and isn’t giving his Mama a very good nights rest. Between that and Big Sister-to-be’s new run-in with night terrors…I’m one exhausted Mama.
We decided to lay low today except for a little trip to the park to let Little Miss Ball of Energy run off some steam. I figured this was a good time to back track and post about the dresser we redid for boys nursery.
Grandma offered us a hand me down dresser and we accepted without thinking twice! I didn’t really have a clue what I was going to do to it but I knew it was in dire need of some TLC.
Here are the before pics:
This was our first big undertaking on refinishing a piece of furniture. I scoured Pinterest, made my color selection and we were off. We My amazing husband, sanded it…no big deal. Once it was prepped we started painting…no big deal, right? Wrong!
First coat was right around the time panic ensued. We questioned the color choice, the application technique, the entire project. The paint went on thin and streaky and nothing like the vibrant rich “inspiration” picture off Pinterest.
After a few strategically placed inquiries to some friends who are much more knowledgeable about the whole, furniture refinishing process, we decided to stick it out and see how it would turn out. And I’m so glad that we did! After 3 coats of green and a coat of lacquer, the finished project was worth the almost heart attack.
We picked out new hardware and I’m officially in love with this piece!
Here’s the final product in the nursery:
Looks great! I love the finished product with all the "boy" stuff on it! 🙂
Thank you! We actually really had fun with this project 🙂