A New Toy Hutch

I have some serious issues when it comes to my kids toys. 

What kid organizes what they play with every day? 

I've tried moving all their toys to the living room, 

to their bedrooms, 

to the storage room,

and I finally found a great happy medium. 

This lovely steal of a deal required a little spray paint, 

some bead board, 

and now it hold their daily favorites in a way that I can handle. 

Yea.

Old to New to the Therapists Office

This blog post is all about my sisters. 

I have one sister that started with an antique vintage hutch, began sanding it, and then gave up an hour later and spray painted the entire thing. 

I could have died. 

My other sister is more concerned about doing things "the right way". 

She started with these old nightstands, sanded them down, and painted them up all nice. 

I totally have the "do-it-yourself" fire 

and I thought maybe she'd caught it too.

I asked her if she just felt so proud every time she looked at those nightstands, 

and if she just felt so proud knowing that she had made them look that way. 

She replied, "No. I just don't care and next time I will buy the dang things!" 

Again, I could have died. 

It just goes to show that there is a place for me in this world 

and what makes me proud isn't necessarily going to do the same for somebody else. 

But they do look good don't they?

Updated Dresser

Maybe I'm too confident, but I figure that if somebody else can do it, so can I. 

I had this beautiful dresser from my dad BUT

it was golden oak  

(not my fav) 

and it had rounded edges

(really not my fav)

 

So I took a router to the edges, 

added some trim, primer and paint

(don't forget to sand... a lot!)

filled it in with wood putty

and I now have a piece that I love! 

 

(I'm still debating if I can fill in the middle of the drawer front with some type of 

wood putty or plaster, and actually put handles on it.)