CCMomma's first FURNITURE REHAB!

Hi Everyone! I'm so excited to be posting my first Furniture Rehab pictures ever! I know a lot of you read Kimba's blog "A Soft Place to Land". I was inspired by her creativity and her ability to turn something unloved and unattractive into something beautiful. Check out her blog if you haven't already, she's great. Lots of great ideas, cute pictures and inspirational thoughts. Thanks Kimba. 

 A couple days ago, I was driving around with my friend Lynn (The French Teacher) and we spotted some furniture on the curb that was obviously being thrown away. Thank Goodness Lynn was driving because she has a mini-van and the trash, I mean treasure, would fit in her car. We pulled over and I discovered two really cute pieces in need of some love. One is a dresser, that you're about to see and the other is a very unique chair that needs a lot more love than the dresser...he'll be making an appearance soon though. 

Here's what the dresser looked like when I first found it, I almost forgot to take the "before" picture so that's why the knobs are off of the first drawer. (Yes, that's the chair teasing you in the background)

And here it is now! I used red spray paint for the chest and chalkboard paint for the drawers. I've always wanted to experiment with chalkboard paint. It seems like you have to use a wet sponge to really get the chalk off but this isn't the kind of thing that I'm going to do a lot of writing on anyway. I guess if it gets really bad, you can just paint another coat of paint on it, right? I really wanted to do something fun for my first project and I wanted to do something that wouldn't upset me if it didn't come out that great. I am going to use this down in my craft room for lots of the odds and ends that I am accumulating. I was pleased to see that 12x12 paper can fit in the drawers so a lot of my scrapbooking paper will be going in there for sure! 

I don't love the knobs, they're a little "fancy" for my taste but I spray painted them this silvery nickel color which cost $2.29 for a whole can of paint, I might invest in real brushed nickel knobs eventually but for now, I'm happy with the way these came out. 

Here's the chest with some words written on the chalkboard areas. The Son contributed too. That is supposed to be his name on the bottom drawer, if you can figure that one out, you're really good.  I think when I finally get my craft area organized, (I've been working on it)  it's going to look really cute. I hope to do that this weekend and post pictures soon. 
Thank you Kimba for your tutorial and all your inspiration. I hope like my first project! I think you may have created a monster! I'm already planning my trips to good will and thinking of pieces I have in the basement of my City House that can be spray painted next... stay tuned for The Chair, he's going to look SO good, I just know it!