BeFoRe and AfTeR....

well, I kind of forgot the before part! I wish so bad I would have taken a picture of this dresser before becuase the change was so dramatic. I bought this old dresser a few years back from a garage sale. I had no use for it but could totally see the potential this piece had. It sat down in storage totally forgotten about, collecting dust & serving as a catch all. So this past weekend I was so antsy just sitting around the house. If any of you really know me, you know I hate that. I had gotten a free can of paint from Glidden. Love those freebies!!! And decided I was going to start working on improving my house. This was one of my New year resolutions. That old dresser suddenly came to mind and I drug it up from the basement. It was in okay condition. A broken drawer, had been colored on & just normal wear of life. This all however was not enough for me. So I beat the crap out of it! Or in other words distressed it. Then got to work painting. The fun part was picking out new hardware. The old hardware was so ugly. Very antique. Just ugly! :) Loaded my boys in the car & headed to Home Depot. My Mom & step Dad had given us a gift card for Christmas. Thank you Mom! I love Home Depot or Lowes. I can spend hours there & money!!! Got all my new hardware picked out. I did have to re-drill all the holes for it because the old hardware was an unusual width. But I have done that before so that was no problem. By Monday afternoon I had completed my new dresser that I started on Sunday. I put it in my entry and am calling it a buffet table! I love it!