FIRST!

And we're live!  I've been meaning to do this post for about a week or so, but I've been pretty busy with working two jobs (full-time and part-time).  So here goes the first post of the newly revamped blog of awesome.

About a month ago, I aquired some furniture from a friend who was moving. It needed some refinishing, so I decided to make it my summer project. Being me, it is not taking a week like I had originally planned, but rather, it's totally going to take all summer. I've actually made some progress, and I'll post some pictures soon. I took some pictures, but my camera sucks so much that a majority of them are unusable. Guess who's camera can't autofocus any more?!  It's gorgeous furniture: two dressers and a bed frame. I've decided to just redo the dressers.

They're 40-year-old dressers from my friend's parents. I love them. I am planning on staining them blue with an ombre scheme, to make them cool. I'm using photoshop and test wood to make sure that's a good idea.  The hard thing that I've run into though is the hardware. Four of the dresser pulls are broken (missing handles) and I needed to repair or replace them. That is what has been taking me a month. I first tried one type of hardware, but that failed catastrophically, and I've had to change directions, again. Finally, I've found some new hardware at Home Depot that will work (because apparently nobody makes cabinet pulls that are center-to-center 4 1/2" any more for less that $14 a piece) that is affordable and will hide the original holes. So I'm redoing one dresser and keeping the other dresser the same hardware. It is the best and most affordable solution.  I've even found something that looks great. I ordered them today and should have them in a week.

So next step is stripping the old varnish. That's this week's project. I have the evenings off, so I'm going to start on one dresser, get it prepped for staining and then get the second ready.  Have to get it done within the month though 'cause I have to move at the end of September due to a crazy Landlord. Not sure the new place will have a garage for projects...