Greetings and Happy Hump Day! Yes, we are halfway there. I absolutely love being able to see light at
the end of the tunnel.
Today I want to
talk a little bit about one of my favorite things to do and that is furniture
rehab and repurposing. This is something
that I actually started in 2002 while away at college. I was living in this adorable, Pepto Bismal
pink garage apartment in Valdosta, GA; but, it was in need of some paint and
few pieces of nice furniture. I couldn’t
afford nice furniture or anything like that, so I went for clearance items and Salvation Army items as well. I
purchased a three drawer clothes chest from Wal-mart, you know, the kind that’s
in a box and you put it together. It was
the brown laminate furniture with the plastic black handles that you see all of
the time. Not very fashionable; but, it
was functional. |
| Courtesy of Walmart.com |
As time went on and I was settled into my classes and things
at work stabilized I was able to do a few little extra things here and
there. The chest of drawers stuck out
like a sore thumb in a stark-white, sterile looking bedroom so I decided to “rehab”
this piece of furniture. I found a long
flower stencil at Michaels, some brushes and a couple of cans of paint and some
nice drawer knobs from Home Depot. I
repainted the entire body with a flat, antique white color. I then painted orchid flowers on both sides
of the drawer. I painted the edges gold
and to finish the project off I replaced the black plastic handles with antique
drawer pulls that had a really nice flower design on the. I really wish that I thought to take a
picture of that! But, that was my first
project and little did I know that I would actually enjoy doing that. Sigh!
Fast forward almost fifteen years…my daughter and I went
shopping the other day at a Goodwill in west Omaha. We found several treasures that are definitely
project worthy! I am really excited about these items and the plans that I have for them. My husband is happy as well, especially since I found something that will help me to relax and will help me bolster my creativity.
It is amazing what can be found in Goodwill as well as other places. I am literally surrounded by thrift stores! As you can see I have several pictures of awesome finds. Thanks to our "little pumpkin" grabbing stuff from the shelves :-) I found a beautiful foot stool that is in fabulous shape. I plan to reupholster this. My mother-in-law is eyeing it, I think :-)
This is a nice crib that we found and Cecilia (our little pumpkin) was really excited about it. She was on the floor rocking it back and forth, so I think one of her dolls may find its way in.We found this little trinket box (at least that's what it looked like to me at first glance). Once again, I think that this has good potential to be something more.
I thank you for stopping by again! Please check back later for the results of these projects. I plan on doing a complete before and after on each item. Have a blessed and wonderful day!
Romans 12:6
"Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;"
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