Furniture Facelift

I've been busy painting furniture this past week. I wanted to paint a dresser in Hannah's room and a desk in Abby's.  We got the dresser at an auction house in IL many years ago, and although it's really pretty, the finish on it wasn't that great. I'm updating Hannah's room now that she is in a big girl bed, and decided it was time to paint it cream. I love the way it turned out, and I can't wait to finish her room. I'm on the lookout for a bookcase - I'm hoping to find one at one of our many garage sale adventures!

I found a cute desk for Abby on craigslist a couple of weeks ago.  It was a really cute shape, but had a bad dark finish on it, and ugly 70's hardware.  A couple coats of cream paint, new stain and varnish on top (and a bit of sanding by Mike!), and new hardware was all it took. I LOVE IT.  Seriously, I L.O.V.E this desk.  I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out.  And I only paid $20 for it......

As soon as I finish Hannah's room, I'm onto Griff's. He has said he wants a red and blue room, so I'm seeing lots red and blue paint in my future!  

Oh, and I'm working on a headboard for Hannah's room right now - I hope it turns out as great and I think it will. It is a fabric headboard with a wood trim. I should finish it this weekend, and if I can get Mike to put it up on Father's Day weekend, I'll post pictures on Sunday!

Oh, the kids are fine, too!  Abby is in a Fairy theater camp this week, and she is loving it. She has a little performance tonight, so I'll take some pictures. I'm off to garage sales with H&G, in search of any little treasure we may find :-)

Lastly, below is a collage I made for Mike for Father's Day (I'm banking on the fact that he won't read this before Sunday!).  I enlarged it to 16x20 and matted and framed it. I thought it would look great in his office at work.