Nightstand Makeover

I just finished the nightstand that I bought with my midcentury bedroom dresser (if you missed the dresser, click HERE to see it). It was in way worse shape than the actual dresser and I opted for painting the entire piece.

My son wanted the nightstand for his room since he didn't have one yet and when I asked him what colors he wanted, he said "something cool and similar to yours."
He didn't want the neon pink but loved neon, so I bought neon orange. Orange is one of my husbands and son's favorite colors! There is also a very sad story behind it which has annual meaning for us over Memorial Day, but this wasn't supposed to be a sad post. Lets change the subject and go back to the nightstand.
For the trim I went with metallic blue. It looks a little like automotive paint.

Here it is before:

I used the neon orange and blue metallic by Rustoleum:

Now check it out?

I found the globe at Goodwill last week for $6. It lights up too!
And my son bought the little Eifel towers on his trip to Paris last year.

Did any of you Americans read "Asterix and Obelix" cartoons growing up? My son loves them and so did I.

He loves it and at the end that's all that matters, right? (click HERE if you want to see more photos of his room)

And I actually love the contrast of the 200 year old French antique bed paired with the colorful midcentury modern nightstand. I'm total aware that this isn't for everyone and some might cringe.

I have been feeling like there is something wrong with my camera too. It used to take way better and clearer pictures. My daughter actually ran it over when I had it on the tripod and I have the feeling that something got messed up inside. It's been driving me nuts. The hubby can't stand hearing me complain anymore. Frustrating, I'll tell ya. Do any of you have some hints on what settings to check? I don't want to buy a new camera.

I'm not going to post until next Wednesday, sorry. I'm up for a small vacation. Maybe you want to follow along on Instagram? If so, click HERE.

I wish you a great Memorial Day weekend and talk to you next Wednesday.

Tschüß,

(Youleeya)

Midcentury modern dresser makeover

Hi friends, I'm so so excited about this furniture makeover today and I know that mid-century modern furniture isn't everyone's cup of tea but I have been searching for an opportunity to get my hands on an affordable dresser that I could redo and KEEP.

I shared on Instagram the dresser and nightstand that I found on Craigslist and here they are again and it is the original listing's photo (if you want to see the nightstand makeover, click HERE):

They were listed at $100 but the hubby talked them down to $70. YAY! I knew he could do it!

You can't see it in the photo but they weren't in the best shape. Not bad but they needed work. The veneer was chipping in several places and there were scratches and dents everywhere.

I know the wood tone is beautiful but I'm not a professional wood worker and you can't tell by the photos but it needed work. You also know me and I was itching to paint it.

I received a big compressor and paint guns for Christmas from my hubby and I was waiting for the weather to get warm so I could finally try it out in the garage. I hadn't even opened the compressor box since Christmas.

Here is my Instagram photo of the guns:

I patched the scratches, dents and chips. Lightly sanded the dresser. Wiped it with TSP and taped it where I wanted to paint it. Then I started with the owner's manual. God I swear they make this difficult.

And when I finally got to the compressor part I noticed that the owner's manual and screws where missing. I also couldn't hook up the paint gun hose to the compressor. So back I went to Lowes where I got my items. When I tried to hook everything up, my neighbor showed me that the compressor had previously been used and when he opened the pressure/air on the bottom, a huge amount of rusty water came out. GREAT isn't it? I was so upset. I should have opened the box right at Christmas. This is so frustrating and I have no clue what to do.

Anyways, I tried spraying with my smaller compressor which didn't work out so well, so I went back to the good old regular paint method. I started with Kilz spray primer (I don't think I will ever use anything else) and then I ended up hand rolling the rest with my favorite white semi-gloss Rustoleum enamel.

I wanted to Rub 'N Buff the hardware since not all of it was brass but cheap metal but that didn't work out so well either. So I spray painted the small knobs and painted the rest in a bright pink neon. Yeah baby!!! I did and I love it. With a simple small change I can change that detail if I want to. I was thinking of adding coral, emerald, mint or turquoise but then decided the neon.

Enough talking, right? You want to see it!
Here it is:

So what do you think. Do you like it?
I'm in love with it.

I still have the matching bedside table which my son wants to keep in his room (click HERE to see the makeover), so I will be painting it soon too. He likes this one and wants something similar but obviously not with pink.

I wish you all a great weekend and "Happy Mother's Day". Talk to you on Monday!

(Youleeya)

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Desk or bar makeover

As promised I will show you what I have been working on. Remember my little sneak peaks and teasers last week? Well the succulent was only to confuse you ;)
The little peaks were of this piece of shelf, desk or bar...I'm actually not even sure what it is... that I found at a thrift store.

Lovely, right? But it reminded me of my blog crush Sarah M. Dorsey's furniture makeover for Creating with the Stars. 

When I refurbished mine though, I did a couple of things different. I didn't want to copy, I just created my own version.

Here is what I did:

I added molding all the way around the bottom and top that I found at my neighbor's custom kitchen place. Did you see this photo on Instagram when I had the pleasure of going treasure hunting at their location?

I didn't add any feet and I kept the original chunky hardware because I love it.

I also thought it was the perfect candidate for a pattern that I had sitting on my desktop for months. I originally wanted to use it in my powder room but it ended up being too busy.

This is the pattern, the lovely Cowtan & Tout Bamboo Wallpaper (click HERE):

But I don't think that I need to tell you that designer wallpaper just isn't within my budget or if I sell my furniture within the budget of people buying it, do I?
So I DIY'ed it which I will explain to you during my next post.

Today you can just look at the pictures, ok?

Here you go:

As a desk

As a bar

Do you like it as much as I do? I love it so much and it is one of those things that I'm struggling to put into my Etsy store. It would be perfect in my daughter's room. My husband keeps telling me that I can't keep everything and that I need to let go. So I'll give it a try and list it for sale :( but I sure won't be unhappy if it doesn't sell because I totally know where I would put it in my house.

Come back next time {update: click HERE to get the pattern} to find out how I made the DIY version of the wallpaper, alright?

Tschüß,

(Youleeya)