Dresser Revamp

What a change! It goes well with the rest of our bedroom.

My super-wonderful husband and I redid this dresser. It was devastatingly 1960’s-esque.

Here is the before:

My mom said it was the very first piece of furniture she bought; she thinks she paid $50 for it back in the 1970's. She & my dad upgraded their bedroom furniture and my husband and I got a free dresser.

I've always disliked it.

These were the handles.

These were the legs.

My husband made new legs for it. After attaching them, we primed it.

We stripped and restained the drawers, filled the holes where the old hardware had been, and painted the outside. (The top was plastic and not wood, so we couldn’t restain it.)

I love it now.

Also, my super-amazing husband parked his car in the driveway instead of the garage for the entire month of December so we could work on the dresser in the warmth of the garage. He also stored all of his clothing in a plastic tub because of the lack of drawer space in our room while the revap was taking place.

He's a keeper.

Cardstock Garland

I made this from cardstock scraps; the scraps were left over from this project. This means it matches my littlest guy’s nursery!

Tutorial coming soon!

Quiet Book

I saw a few ideas for making quiet books for kids and just had to get together my own ideas and come up with a super cute one for my little guy. Here’s a little tour.

The cover.

Colors! I want to add a paint brush to do pretend painting.

The colors all detach and can be rearranged.

Grocery shopping! Bananas, watermelon, grapes, milk, an apple and bread all fit into the grocery bag!

Cars! They attach with snaps. The wheels are sewn onto the book.

They can be moved around to match different cars with different wheels.

Shapes! The shapes can be matched or mis-matched.

Cookie jar! This is my personal favorite. I got this idea from MADE. There’s a zipper…

… And inside are six chocolate chip cookies!

This is the back.

It closes with velcro.

I had so much fun coming up with the ideas and hand-sewing the book together. I hope it lasts for many years! It was a ton of work but totally worth it.

Chalkboard Sign

Check out the super cool chalkboard sign my dad made for me. He made the frame as a 'prototype' for these frames.

It was sort of discarded in his shop, so I took possession of it. I asked him to cut a piece of plywood for the inside. Then I spray painted the frame with glossy antique white paint and used spray chalkboard paint for the plywood.

I couldn't resist making a cute little banner for it. I used scrapbook paper, t-shirt yarn, and buttons from this Etsy shop.

Bike T-Shirt

I made this shirt for my husband and gave it to him for Christmas.

I made the shirt from old t-shirts (and some new jersey fabric.)

I used this tutorial for freezer-paper stenciling the bike.

He wore it for three days in a row after Christmas. He loves biking.