Headboard is done!

Finally! The headboard is done.  Of course it took both myself and DH to complete it.  He had the staple gun.  And while neither of use got stapled, my hand did fall victim to the stable gun. I still have to affix it to the wall but otherwise its a go! Whew.  Now on to the many other small projects, like lampshades and sconces.  I still love having an RV.  I'm super excited about Black Friday shopping.  K-Mart has all the small appliances on sale that I need and Wal-Mart has a 32" LED TV on sale.  Small steps through the winter make for a comfortable summer.  =) Happy Camping Y'all!

This is the old ugly headboard!

Recovered

 

 

 

 

Old Dresser Redo

Wow! One week later and much improvement has been made.  I'm not quite finished with the bed but everything has been painted! And it looks so much better.  The paint really had turned yellow and you can see it when I painted the trim on the bed white.  The dresser and the chest are so pretty.  And $160 beats the $2000 set I was looking at for sure!! So to bring you up to speed....I bought an old bedroom suit about a year, year and half ago.  DH dates the bedroom suit to the late 70s, early 80s.  It was dirty and the painted had turned from white to yellow.  I started by washing all the furniture.  I took the handles off and then lightly sanded the furniture.  I used a spray paint to paint the handles purple. I painted all the flat drawers white and the embellished drawers pink.  I saw this style at more than one furniture store in the same day.  Then I painted the chest and the dresser.  I got lucky and was able to hide some imperfections.  I painted the mirror white.  I'm having second thoughts on that and it may end up pink before the day is done.  But for now its white.  I then taped off the bed and painted the trim white.  This is where you can really see the yellow in the bed.  I painted the center pink.  Eventually I will paint white polka dots and black Minnie mouse silhouettes on the center.  DD really wants a Minnie mouse bed. All the paint came from Lowe's and is the Valspar brand.  Including the spray paint. So here are the photos.....

Old Bedroom Suit Redo Day #1

As the girls grow, so do their clothes! The little dresser I bought at K-Mart is just not getting it done anymore.  The clothes are too big and bulky for the little dresser to keep up.  Sadness.  So I purchased a used bedroom suit with dresser with mirror, chest of drawers, and twin bed.  Its well used, dirty, has some chips, and in need of paint!  So that's just what I'm doing. Here are the before photos of the dresser and chest.

 

 

As you can see, I have some work to do! I first took all the drawers out and removed the hardware or fixtures.  I organized the drawers and began washing them and then sanded them.  I used a 3m 220 hand held sander.  No machine required, just pure elbow grease. 

 

 

Once I had all the drawers out, hardware off, sanded and wiped down, I painted the embellished drawers pink.  I used princess pink by Valspar.  I love this paint because it has a primer already in it so no additional paint needed.  Its also super thick so it has a great coat.  I used the door and cabinet roller but also used a small paint brush I got at Wal-Mart in the craft section to paint the edges.

 

 

I really love this pink!!  Its really going to make it pop. Once I had three drawers painted pink, I set to work on the rest of the drawers.  I did those in snowcap white.  Also Valspar! oh! As a side note, Lowe's sales sample bottles of paint.  Maybe a half quart.  Perfect size for this project. 

 

 

 

Amazing! You can barely see the chipped spot in the wood now.  I also managed to get a few of the fixtures spray painted tonight.  I mainly wanted to see what they would look like.  I went with a purple spray paint by Valspar.  Really a deep color that I'm quite pleased with. 

 

 

 

Love the purple.  I'm getting so excited and can't wait to finish this project.  It got too cold and dark on me tonight before I got to the dresser or mirror.  I will pick up the roller and brush again on Wednesday to finish in time for the weekend.  Hopefully I will get the girls moved into their new big girl room this weekend!  I will post more Wednesday night!