Saturday, October 30, 2010

Before and after: Jessie's tv stand

A friend of mine (I'll call her Jessie), asked me if I would paint up this tv stand that she had inherited.  It was a lovely stand, but a little too dark for her taste, so paint it up I did!

Taaaadaaa!!!!  Here she is with a coat of primer, two light coats of paint, a little brown paint rubbed on and then off with a damp rag, and a heck of a sanding to the edges.   I like it, and Jessie, I hope you do too.  If not-I can always paint her again.  :)

I dragged her outside for her photoshoot.  (She's on wheels!)  I grabbed some fall decor from the basement (that never made it out this year) and decorated her up.

See this little runner?  I made this from a little ziploc baggie of already cut triangles that I picked up from Goodwill, a few years ago.  I think it looks autumnal.  (I love that word!)

I have a notion to just set some bowls of candy out there for the handful of Halloweeners I get.  That way they won't need to come into my GROSS basement!

Have a great Saturday evening!

9 comments:

Dawn S. said...

It is lovely. Good job!
I know you don't "know" me but I enjoy your blog. (found you on etsy!)

Holly C. said...

It's nice to 'meet' you Dawn!

Rhonda said...

You did a great job with that!!! I'm sure Jess will love it. It looks almost identical to one I have in my living room, but you know my hub - paint on wood is a sin!!! However, when I redo my bathroom, I'm planning on painting the over the toilet cabinet and the vanity cabinet. I need you to help me with this, so when are you coming to visit????? ;-)

Dawn S. said...

Hello Holly! I love your decorating style and the things you do with every day/recycled items! Can I ask what prompted you to start a blog? I will be honest and say that I started mine after reading yours and a few others from etsy. :o)

Holly C. said...

Rhonda-Oh, I would love to come out. If I wasn't such a novice traveler I would. We could do projects and it would be so fun!

Dawn-I noticed that you had just started your blog! Have fun with it. :) Hmmmmm-I think I started this blog on a whim one day. I just love reading blogs-they are so inspiring and I love looking at how others live. I was always saying that 'I would love to start a blog, but I'm afraid of being so public'. But I guess I just couldn't take it any longer and just started one day. If I did something, I took pictures and put it on the blog. I think I'm more 'me' now then I was at first, but it's been so fun. I really love blogging. Thank you person who invented blogs!

Luisa said...

Tha looks love. Love the quilted ma on top.

Dawnie said...

I'm sure Jessie will be thrilled with her "new" cabinet! It turned out great!

Jessie said...

I love it! It's perfect! I knew you would be able to make it look great! Now to figure out when to get it. I need to get rid of junk.

~ The Jolly Bee ~ said...

You did amazing things with that tv stand. It looks great. And yes, the runner looks autumnal. Great word.