My other love....furniture :)

Anyone ever ask you what you'd do if money wasn't a part of the equation?

If money wasn't an issue for me....you know what I'd be doing?

Upcycling furniture :)

I LOVE, love, love to go through the furniture section at my local thrift store, or at a garage sale and find - not just pieces that need a little TLC - those too obviously - but pieces that can no longer be what they were meant to be and need a whole new purpose in life.  I have 2 pieces that I'm currently working on - hopefully they'll be done for a blog post later this week. 

 But in the mean time - this is a piece I did today

 (A dresser/change table for friends who are expecting a newborn foster baby any day now):

Before: 

(She's a beaut, eh? )

 I love the square chunky lines but the hardware looks old and Bleh on there...

I knew she needed to be a baby change table or something along those lines because her drawers are wide, but quite shallow - like only 2 pairs of my jeans and one drawer would be full. 

 and this....oh my goodness, what is this?? A formerly-glued-on piece of laminate countertop??  In some faux rock mosaic?  Nasty.  I keep thinking of dinosaurs when I see this for some reason. 

After:

So here she is now:  

*sanded, 

*primed with Kilz, 

*painted in Benjamin Moore Semi-gloss Cloud White

* drawer fronts in Krylon Celery

*and a Minwax finish

I even like the old hardware on it.  I bought more Krylon spray paint to do these in glossy white but once the dresser was brightened up I just kept the hardware the same. 

Hope you love it P&M....and I hope this baby, and many, many more babies are served by this dresser :)

I'm linking up (for the first time ever) with Liz Marie's blog - a blog that NEVER fails to inspire me.
Come check out more people who've been creative this week!!