L Bugg's Dresser

This was one of my projects that went wrong.

I bought this off of a neighbor on base that was PCSing to Texas, for $15. At the time, I figured, it's ugly, but it will hold the clothes, so I'll just keep it in the closet. But since I have been getting creative with things, I'm starting to see them differntly. I decided to try to spray paint it. I figured that if it went wrong, it was only $15!

I didn't think to take a before picture until after I had painted the 1st drawer. Ugly. Plain. Etc.

So, I decided on a spray paint called "Blue Lagoon" but it was by a different brand than what I used on Madison's shelf. And this brand, ran, everywhere... Fast. FYI, If you try to spray paint furniture, use Lowe's Valspar Spray Paint! So, I had to do 1 side at a time, and wait until each side was completely dried. Especially since my husband was working in the garage, and was stirring up all kinds of dust, which would then land on my wet spray paint! :(

Finally got the whole thing painted, and went to put these cute little knobs on it (that I found at Lowe's, on clearance for .75 each!) and the knobs were too big! Grrr! Well, not the knobs, the screws. So, then I had to wait on the hubs to get around to cutting the screws down for me.

Finally put it back in Livy's room, and 2 weeks later it was scratched up. I very quickly learned about polyurathane clear coating! So once again, I had to remove the knobs, re spray paint, one side at a time, and then this time spray a coat of poly coating. Which, it never failed, everytime I would try to work on it, it would get windy. So, I now have a pair of "Blue Lagoon" tennis shoes!

Overall, I like the outcome! I found a decal I want to get to put on the front of it, but until then, I'm happy with it!


And Buggy Boo likes it too! :)

One more down!!!

So, FINALLY! A project down! I started this one, in like, January! But then I got side tracked with all the Valentines Day crafts, and then the C.N.A. program, and then trying to catch up on everything I got behind in during the C.N.A. program, etc.!

So, this was a shelf that belonged to my Grandma before she died. It was like a flat blue. Almost chalk like. My grandfather gave it to my mom when he sold his house, and my mom primered it for Madison's room when she was born, but never got much further before we had to move to Nebraska. But she did get my brother to paint the top.

Can you believe he did that free hand?! Ugh! Makes me sick! ;)

Well, we have now been here for almost 5 years, and It was just so plain. and scuffed from moves from base house to base house to off base house (yes, we move every other year!) Plus the back of it was open. It kinda bothered me. So after seeing what a friend did in her daughters room (yes, you Mrs. Walsh!) I had a thought; "I have seen sites that people have wallpapered the back panel inside of their hutch or bookcase, I should do that! But wait! There isnt a back panel! Crap!" So I started to look into getting some cheap plywood. But turns out, plywood isn't as cheap as I thought. And since the hubs was gone at the time, I wasn't too confident it testing my skill saw skills (or finding out they were lacking). But my friend made these cute little flowers and birds out of foam panels, and covered them in fabric! YES!!!! I had my answer! AND foam panels, would fit inside my car!

So Miss M and I picked out some fabric for each panel, and I cut them to fit each section, and then hot glued the fabric to the foam. I spray painted the whole thing with white gloss spray paint (which it has this really pretty pearl like effect, it's that glossy). And today I finally nailed the panels on.

Ta-Da!

We even added the trim to the front of each shelf. It gave it a little something extra, and there is a lip that catches, so things don't fall off, or can too easily be pulled off by little hands!