Monday, February 1, 2010

Upcycling furniture

Decorating a pine chest of drawers
Every now and then I dip my toe into the more general crafting waters
beyond sewing and crocheting.
This is a project that I have been meaning to tackle for a year,
ever since Made by Miffy posted her tutorial for upcycling a chest of drawers.
Aren't they divine?
This was the object of my artistic intent:
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I have been collecting bits and pieces from crafting shops- both cyber and brick variety- over the past year
and can honestly say that the redecorating has cost more than the whole
pine chest of drawers cost me as a Uni grad a looong time ago.
Anyhow, last week I jumped in, threw the family out of the dining room
and started.
And it was just one of those things that went just the way I had hoped it would.
There were a few "moments"...
...when a child scratched my paint job
...when the papers buckled upon sealing (eek!)
...when the swanky looking stamp thingies just wouldn't do what they were meant to do.
But man, I loved doing it
and I love the finished product.
Sit back with the popcorn and have a squiz-
cos I took LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of photos.
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I'm very proud of the result.
Now I am just sealing it with as many layers as I can so a little 2 year old wont start pulling it to pieces as soon as it returns to her room.

7 comments:

becci said...

Mae is the luckiest little girl to have such a clever Mama. The drawers are gorgeous. I looove the quotes.

CurlyPops said...

Oh wow that's fantastic! So much better than pine.

Karen said...

You have done an amazing job Tas!! Simply gorgeous and the quotes are beautiful.

Tania said...

Holy moly - I'm inspired. Except you're 'before' looks a whole lot healthier than the roadside find I picked up. Hmmm....

Sally said...

So beautiful. That is such a fantastic transformation. Brilliant.

JulieT said...

What a beautiful job you made of this I want one!

Gilly said...

You have every right to be proud tas its amazing!