In the new house we are changin it up a bit and going for a more classy, contemporary style, with some vintage touches including a new color scheme of grey, blue, white, and some tan. This will be quite different from the cozy, rustic feel of our apartment, which means I have my work cut out for me. :) So, with all of this in mind I have been furiously collecting inspiration via Pinterest for how to decorate in our new place. That is how I came across this beauty...
(originally from here: http://betterafter.blogspot.com/) I was in love and the legs on this baby kind of reminded me of the hubs' old dresser. I am planning to do all white bedding against grey walls and an upholstered headboard (DIY'ed of course, stay tuned for the details...) and touches of light blue in pillows, accessories and the damask stenciling I am planning for our ceiling. I know, I know, I must be crazy stenciling the ceiling, but I have not completely lost it people! Anyways, back to the dresser... it reminded me of this gorgeous, old dresser my husband had and always talked about refinishing. Sadly though... this is the only picture I could find of it...
Pretty pathetic! It was from when we first moved into our apartment and shoved it in the closet, and since I am pretty terrible about taking, before or during pictures, this is it. However, I am doing better about taking pictures of our current project, although since it's taking F-O-R-E-V-E-R (yes that was an attempt at a Sandlot reference in a post about a dresser. I launched the idea to the hubs and he approved so two weekends ago when I came home from a little girl time at a jewelry party he had started sanding and staining the dresser. (I am also going to use this as an excuse for not having before or during pictures). So, after sanding and a coat of primer we were off to pick out a color and knobs. I really wanted some glass Pottery Barn knobs that will hopefully go on our kitchen cabinets, but ordering meant not completing the project for a while, so I settled for some knobs from Target. After a coat of paint, and knobs here is the finished product...
I absolutely love it! It doesn't match our room right now but there was no way it was going back in the closet! Hubs says it is a little girly for him, but I think he's crazy! Oh, and yes we did remove the trim piece on the time that you can very faintly see in the very sorry before picture. Just ignore the laptop cord on the floor. I will have to get up a picture of it all accessorized, technology was not on my side tonight. :)
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