Fieldstone Dresser

I've been patiently waiting on a nice sunny day to take pictures of the long finished dresser, but it's not going to happen. I finally dragged it out on Saturday and then just messed with the saturation to make it look less blah. It's been raining for about two solid weeks, so while the grass IS very green, the sky is just gray and yucky. It's also turning chilly which just sucks as I packed up all my sweaters and jackets into the Pod, so I'm stuck with just T shirts and a single pair of jeans. :(

Anyhow enjoy!

I truly love this color, Fieldstone by Benjamin Moore, it's a perfect gray. If it looks slightly blue-ish in these photos then it's Picasa's fault! :) 

 

And thanks to Olympic ONE paint plus Floetrol, this might be the best finish I've got on something before (aside from my oil based paints). 

I love the knobs. Such a steal for $1 a piece from Michaels! Plus I got one 40% haha. 

The previous painter had painted EVERTHING, including the insides of the drawers. Luckily they're white so I didn't need to touch them. 

Yeah, even the sides and undersides of the drawers were blue. Effort!

If you remember (it's okay, it's been a LONG time ago-- find it here), I got it for $35 from the local Restore. 

And lastly, a before and after for happiness sake:

Before - 

After - 

Now it has a calmer presence :) I'm debating turning it into an island in the kitchen (since $350 for one at Ikea is a bit 'spensive... and common). I'm not sure how sturdy it is though, I can sit on it but I'm not exactly heavy. I think if I added beadboard to the back and put a wood top on it with room to slide 2 small tools underneath it it'd be cute! We'll see though. 

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Quickie Dresser Overhaul

I showed you this dresser we scored at goodwill for $15 last night:

Sorry that's the best picture that I have, taken on my cell phone. 

We simply roughed up the "lovely" honey oak finish and painted a coat of Zinsser oil based primer on top (the gold label one). We used oil based to cover up some questionably stained bits on the dresser. 

Then we lightly sanded the thick spots around the joints that always show up. Next, we put a thin coat of New Black by valspar in satin latex on. We used 3 coats of this in the end to cover up the white primer. You can tint primer, but we weren't tinting our whole gallon and we were lazy. We applied all of this with a cheap chip brush but used Floetrol to condition the latex paint. This hides our cheap brush usage. 

These walls are New Black: 

I actually like it in this room, although Rob would murder me in my sleep if I painted a wall black. Or if I put in a lucite coffee table.

Finally we brushed on 3 coats of Polycrylic. No reason why we used that really, it was just laying around. 

Here is how it looks now:

We took off the old knobs as there was only like one left, but kept the squished bug brass ones. The ones up top are from hobby lobby and have brass on the ends too to tie it all in together:

$1.50 each with 50% off hoblob coupon.

Right now it lives in our living room functioning as a TV console table. It's 50 in. long, the TV is just that big and swamps it!

Now obviously, it's not a forever dresser. I dislike the curvy bits on the bottom and wish it were longer so I could put lamps beside it. But for $15 at Goodwill, it serves our purposes for now. In the future it will probably be shoved into the guest bedroom or our bedroom since we're short on storage. 

Recent Goodwill Finds!

The Goodwill next to us is awesome. I very rarely leave there with empty hands, and I only go there when I have a $20 bill or something in my wallet because otherwise I get heartsick at leaving such pretty stuff behind.

Here is a list of some recent finds I've found there:

Last week or so I found this table for $4.50:

It looks kind of gross, and was scratched ALL to pieces, but it will be lovely! I've kept my eye out for a square coffee table for MONTHS now. 

Down pillow forms for $1!

Uh yeah this isn't so pretty. It was $8, and I'm in the process of doing it up. It was a mothers day to gift to Mom... and it's not done YET. I blame the heat. 

I think this was $1, it is HUGE! I don't have popcorn in it, but it's a handy spot for my rolled up tea towels since we have less than preferred amounts of drawer space. 

Truly awful picture. But it's a pedestal table I bought for mom that cost $10. It's in her foyer. 

This dresser was odd. It has dovetailed drawers, but the wood is super thin? Either way we painted it black and it looks 100% better. I'll show the before and after later. $15!!

See? Awesome Goodwill.