the baby girl's dresser

This is something I've always wanted to do... take a piece of furniture from Craigslist and transform it. We bought this dresser for $45 off Craigstlist back in March.

It was really solid wood with this stripey pattern on the tops and sides.

First I removed all the hardware and filled the holes with wood filler.

Then I had to sand. Yay for my new orbital sander I got from my brother and sister-in-law for my birthday! Face mask, eye goggles and ear plugs, oh my!

Here's a sanding-in-progress shot.

The little sander collected a LOT of dust in its little vacuum bag that I emptied into a tin.

Then we had to prime. Two coats of primer. (My mom had to do this part because of the fumes. Used a foam roller and did two coats.)

Priming almost done.

Then onto painting. I used my favorite Benjamin Moore Natura paint because it has zero VOCs and I'm allowed to work with it. The color is Sweet Butter 171. 

Then I positioned these bird wall decals I got for $24 on Amazon. I had extras that I even gave away afterwards. I thought about putting them up on the walls, but I already have plans for the walls and as my mom said, you don't want too much of a good thing.

Bird decals are placed, then we did knobs and...

Ta da!!! The dresser is done and in the nursery. I love how pink looks with yellow.

lots of work in progress

I find myself starting up one project, realizing I have another project to do and starting up another without finishing the first. This week I am trying to tie up some loose ends! Here's a list of some of the works in progress:

• baby girl's refinished dresser (it's all done except for getting drawer dividers! I will take and post pictures soon)
• baby girl's wall art thing (hard to describe, but I think it'll look really cute. it'll definitely look cuter on the wall than on my dining room table!)
• hanging up a coat rack in the hallway to keep my diaper bag and purse
• hanging up a few pictures around the house and moving the rest of the framed artwork to the basement, out of the way from the dining and living rooms
• finishing cleaning out the garage... all we need is one more shelving unit to put a few more things on. it's so nice to have a home for the new mini-van!

My running lists of things to do have definitely been getting a workout. I have about five more weeks of nesting mode to get things done before the baby arrives. And guess what? If it doesn't get done before the baby arrives, I'll still be able to get them done at some point! Shocker... I have to remember that.