This DIY’er is brilliant! OKAY, so I’m a little biased. My love of DIY is genetic. My daughter, Bri, inherited my passion for DIY and seeing the potential in old things. She picked up these dressers and nightstands at an estate sale. Cheap! She’s addicted to Craig’s List and loves thrifty treasures more than brand new and trendy. She loves fun mid century modern style with a colorful twist. Here is the furniture before:
After a lot of sanding (I should mention here that her boyfriend Steve had a huge part in the muscles behind the project), some primer and paint, she used a Mitchell’s Abrasive Sanding Cord from Rockler to sand the grooves after painting (great for hard to reach places). It’s like floss for wood.
Before sanding:
Here are the afters:
After using the sanding cord:
She kept the original hardware because it was cool…
Don’t they look great?! (cue applause) Isn’t it miraculous that the same furniture can go from “yikes!” to “wow!” with just paint? Bri has always been creative and although her style is different from mine, she makes everything look amazing. Wonder where she gets that talent? wink wink Thanks honey for sharing your beautiful transformation. I love the new color. It’s looking beautiful with the shades of gray and other things you have planned for the room! I look forward to seeing more! So get busy Brianna Evangeline! (She’ll listen since I used her full name using my strict mom tone asked nicely.)
Please welcome Bri to DIY. I know she reads my blog (and yours when I see something I know she’d love, amazing DIY talent or a story I have to share) and she’s inspired by your creativity. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from her in the near future because I know she scours Craig’s List every day. I know she has more creative design ideas up her sleeve and truthfully, I just want to see her more.
My other daughter (Ali) and I had a good pout laugh yesterday over a DIY project gone wrong and it developed into DIY comedy. Hey, sometimes things just don’t go as planned. Can I get an ‘amen!’? I can’t be the only one! Some genius ideas are genius uh-ohs. Cool idea and vision even pictures for tutorial but the execution, then re-execution and 3rd execution didn’t result in genius at all. We’re considering sharing it but we’ll see. Genius crap isn’t really ‘show-off’ material. It’s more the DIY’ers most embarrassing moments. But even Mr. DIY had a chuckle when he saw the materials in the trash last night.
A chip off the ol' block.
A wonderful colour and I am lovin' that Bri kept the original knobs.
I wouldn't have even given that a 2nd look in it's original state. Good eye.
I love the yellow with the gray. I know you are so proud!!!
I loved your post. You could be writing about my Daja. She's living on her own now (far, far away) and has inherited my love for crafts and DIY-ing. I'm currently in the throes of a When-Good-Projects-Go-Bad moment myself. I'm not sure how or if I can redeem these or not. If nothing else, you may just have a great story on your hands.
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she did great, and i love the colors she chose! it's very hip!
Well done Bri for a project well done – and well done to her mum for giving her daughter centre stage!
Sharon
My French Country Home
Great job with the dressers. I love that she wasn't afraid to use a bold color. In my mind I would be as brave, but when it comes down to actually doing it, I chicken out.
Oh and please share the DIY project gone wrong! Think of it as a teaching lesson on what no to do…lol. A friend of mine thought all my projects came to me so easily until I showed her otherwise. It's a nice reminder that no one is perfect 🙂 Glad you laughed about it….eventually.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree! What a great transformation! I had no idea sanding cord existed….it would have helped me a lot when I did MY mid century dresser makeover, argh! hehe. Great job Bri! I love the yellow SO MUCH.
Yup, that uber-talented-apple didn't fall far from the tree! What a fabulous piece of furniture made even more spectacular by some elbow-grease and a punch of color! Love it! That sanding cord is the coolest little sanding tool ever! Gotta love those people at Rockler! Best, Jenn
Oh man it's posts like this that make me long for a day when I can work from home and just create all day long!!! Fingers crossed…
You're living my dream, can't wait until we can buy a big old house and make it our home! What state do you live in, by the way? Love your blog!!!
Bri…I'm a fan! Your project taught me that there is such a thing as sanding cords. Good to know. Nice snag on the dressers. Hopefully there is more where these came from- keep up the good DIY work, seems you're a natural!!
Bri, it's gorgeous! I love the bright yellow, and that you kept the original hardware. Are you gonna share the whole room? I hope so.
XO*Tricia
p.s I wanna see the oops, Roeshel and Ali. just sayin'. 😉
Great job! You can now make money for school doing projects for your friends. Loved the tutorial with the new product I never heard about. What's next ? Ann
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