Chalkboard Dresser

Hard to believe that 2013 is almost over!

And what a great year it was!

It has been a little over a year since we started our Blog and Facebook pages.

And we have been in our booth/space @ Yarbro’s Antique Mall about 6 months now and have meet many wonderful new friends!

2014 is going to ROCK!

For our last post of the year we are sharing our chalkboard dresser.

We picked this guy up at Yarbro’s Antique Mall for a heck of a deal!

The downfall?

We had to replace all of the drawer guides.

And all of the drawers needed to be repaired!

Utilizing some extra wood and wood flooring we had on hand we fabricated some new pieces.

One drawer down and three more to go.

After we made all of the repairs we painted the drawer fronts with chalk paint.

And stained the dresser with a  colored wood stain (Cabot’s Shale) that we snagged at Dirt Cheap for .19 cents a can! WHAT???? Holla!

We decided to leave the trim/molding natural.

And here he is all finished.

The book cutouts are something new we are making and I LOVE them!

Happy Tuesday :)

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Christmas 2013

 

Well here it is December 21st and I finally finished my Christmas Decorating :)

I think I changed the mantle at least 5 times!

I LOVE fresh garland and I put it everywhere!

I removed the bins/crates from this basket and placed a few wintery items inside.

The cute tarnished brass tree I snagged at the Goodwill yesterday for only .99 cents!

I made a makeshift table out of this table.

And this round gold mirror.

I wanted to add something simple so of course I went straight to Pinterest and found the perfect idea.

Bowls + Moss + Candles

I already had all of the supplies on hand!

I put some sand in the containers and placed the moss over the top and stuck some candle sticks in!

BAM!

I am wondering how long they will last before Abby gets to them!

I changed up the chalk wall as well.

I also painted this old frame we had on hand gold, cut some chalkboard to fit and included a little fresh garland on the top.

These plates I removed from the old chalk wall.

I included some red velvet ribbon bows and hung them along with a couple of silver pieces and some garland to the top of the window.

Our plan is to find more plates/pieces and fill the space up but for now this is what I have come up with.

A fresh evergreen wreath along with some old ice skates and this knitted throw are the perfect addition to this old ladder.

The colored candles I picked up at Yarbro’s Antique Mall for a heck of a deal!

70% off at Tis The Season’s clearance booth!

Edward :)

I tacked some red velvet ribbon to the lamp shade with a hot glue gun.

And the tree skirt is an actual skirt from my closet :)

I made the flag bunting garland out of old book pages.

And the “Move Mountains” ornament I received free with my Miss Mustard Seed Order.

This swag was originally on the mantle but I decided it looked better here on the buffet in the Dining Room.

Abigail :)

We made some barn board Christmas trees for our booth and of course I had to keep one for myself!

I also added some evergreen to the chandelier and included some ribbon, beads and ornaments.

I did not do much in our bedroom but I did add a little bit of bling to the fireplace.

And this is as far as I got in the hearth room.

Two trees!

Yep!

That’s it!

Two Trees!

:)

But they are super cute trees!

I kept the front porch simple as well.

And last but not least a little love for the mailbox.

Merry Christmas!!!

And

Happy New Year!!!