Luckily the lady who owned it only lived a few roads away and we promptly went to collect it!
However,It was not a little dressing table, it was HUGE with 4 drawers either side!
Never mind I thought, I will still find a place for it.Hubby and I wrestled it down the lady's stairs without damaging her wallpaper and carpet (it weighed a ton and I could see the Hubster was doubtful! We thanked the lady and wrestled it into the back of my car (which is a tiny KA) it was half in half ou!. I drove home VERY carefully!It lived in our dining room for a good few months.
BEFORE
I decided to paint it as the top was quite scratched!
That is also Wilson's bum in the picture!
Anyhoo, it now lives in the lounge, topped with goodies I have found from local car boots, mostly costing about a £1 each, except for the lamp which we already had!
AFTER
Even the Hubster has grown to like it!
AFTER
I have lots of other makeovers I need to get on with but it's so breezy outdoors today, not ideal painting weather!
Rachel x
17 comments:
It turned out beautiful....It's so funny sometimes Phil will give me that look like your really going to buy that, I love those looks! the way you decorated it though is the icing on the cake!
That's a great makeover! Well done :0)
I love it, it's amazing what a few coats of paint can do, I have a welsh dresser that I've been meaning to make over for about two years, just a little nervous of tackling such a big project for my first paint makeover.
lily x
I like the way you say that it was "a little makeover". Looks like a big makeover to me! Looks much better white. Love it!
Lovely furniture painting there - such a great makeover! I like all the things you found to put on the top too! Have a great week.
Helen x
Your dresser turned out wonderful and I like how you are using it! Great job!
XO,
Jane
What a lovely piece of furniture, and it looks all the better in white. You are lucky, Freecycle isn't very well known (yet?) in my neck of the woods.
Why am I never that lucky with Freecycle?!! Great paint job x
Free cycle is such a great idea i have had a few good items from there. You did a great make over looks brill. have a lovely week, dee x
I’ve never looked on Freecycle! You have done a fab job with the makeover Rachel.
Lou xxx
I love painted furniture Rachel...you have done a wonderful job here....yes..it really is far too windy at the moment....spent some time in the garden yesterday planting and had to keep catching my little bedding plants...it was all a bit of a struggle!...
Wishing you a lovely week,
Susan x
wonderful!!!!
Oh wow! It looks adorable and extra special with all your sentimental things on, I love it and well done! Have been wanting to try out that paint so may give it a whirl. Thanks for the lovely comment on the bag, was quite a bargain I thought :) xx
looks great, I have a desk I need to paint too!
I think most pieces look better with a coat of paint, but even if I were a "plain wood"-lover, this is a great re-do. :) Lovely find!
Very nice... please tell Wilson his bum doesn't look big in that!
What's Freecycle?
What a difference - I have just done the same to an old dresser that was left by the last resident!!!
Thank you for your kind comment over at Appletree Cottage
Fleur
xxx
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