It All Started With Paint

Our Home. My Canvas.

my four season dresser

By 60 Comments

How long should it take to refinish a piece of furniture?  A few days?  Maybe a week?

What if said piece of furniture you were refinishing was a $50 Craig’s list find that needed some work first?  Some work as in repairs? Would two weeks be pushing the boundaries of procrastination?

[Craigs%2520List%2520Chest%2520Mirror%2520for%2520Blog%2520%2528550x413%2529-1%2520%25282%2529%255B9%255D.jpg]

If that’s true … if two weeks is pushing it … then what does it say that it took me 365 days to refinish my in-need-of-some-repairs-$50-Craig’s-List-find piece of furniture?

[Craig%2527s%2520List%2520Chest%2520%2528550x413%2529%2520%25282%2529%255B39%255D.jpg]

To which I have no reasonable response.

The dresser was parked in the family room last June and there is sat … collecting dust and and clutter … through a summer filled with camp and a weird foggy day at Lake Michigan and a family trip to Florida …

black_white_painted_dresser_diamond_knobs

And there is sat … collecting dust and clutter … through a fall filled with a harrowing very first day of high school … complete with a very first solo “L” trip for my teen son … and batty door décor for Halloween and the launch of this blog …

black_and_white_painted_dresser_with_wax_finish

And there is sat … collecting dust and clutter … through a winter filled with very little snow and unseasonably mild temperatures and my first link party and our first Christmas with the kids without the pretense of Santa being real …

black_and_white_dresser_painted_numbers

And there is sat … collecting dust and clutter … through much of a spring filled with a teen boy’s first date and finals and end of the school year instrumental concerts and shows …

black_white_painted_dresser_hobby_lobby_knobs

And there it sat … collecting dust and clutter … right up until last week when this blogger joined a weekly procrastinator’s support group, Make it Happen Monday, launched by this blogger …

I attended that very first support group meeting and threw my hat in the ring …

black_white_painted_dresser_diamond_drawer_pulls

… a hat in the form of my in-need-of-some-repairs-$50-Craig’s-List-find that spent the past 365 days living in my family room …

black_and_white_painted_dresser_with_numbers_and_diamond_drawer_pulls

… or, as I’ve affectionately renamed it, my four season dresser …

black_and_white_painted_dresser

And I’ll share a tutorial on how I refinished my four season dresser soon.

Really.

I swear.

I promise I won’t wait for another four seasons to pass …

Sharing:

* Thrifty Decor Chick * Between Naps on the Porch *  Get Outta My Head Please *  C.R.A.F.T. * Keeping it Simple *  Craft-O-Maniac *  Joy 2 Journey *  Coastal Charm *  Today’s Creative Blog *  Home Stories A 2 Z *  My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia *  Primitive & Proper *  Sugar Bee Crafts * Not Just a Housewife *  Creatively Living *  The Winthrop Chronicles *  Savvy Southern Style *  Uncommon Designs * Domestically Speaking *  The 36th Avenue *  The Shabby Creek Cottage *  House of Hepworths *  Crafty Scrappy Happy *  52 Mantels * Serenity Now * Addicted to Decorating *  Five Days Five Ways * Jenn Rizzo *  Miss Mustard Seed *  Funky Junk Interiors *  Lolly Jane Boutique *  I Heart Naptime *  The DIY Showoff *   The Shabby Nest *  Making the World Cuter *  A Bowl Full of Lemons *  How to Nest for Less * Tip Junkie *  Under the Table and Dreaming *

Comments

  8. Oh my Linda…the dresser is fantastic….Now if my attic could speak…if all the hodge podge of furniture pieces could talk, they would call the authorities to report “neglect”…and say they need therapy, for they feel neglected and rejected for years…So at least your dresser saw the happenings of the family…the changing of the seasons…feeling “part of the family”, sitting in the corner, not complaining that it needed a new “outfit”…

    Reply

  13. Hey, don’t feel too bad about your four season dresser – I have an eight season table and an eight season set of chairs that it took me two years to refinish! Love how your dresser turned out, and especially like the numbers on the drawers (one for every season!) 🙂

    Reply

  14. It was worth the wait, right? It turned out great and the numbers make it so unique. I have two coffe tables in the garage right now and we’ll see when I can get to those. You are not alone 😉 awesome job

    Reply

  16. I have a china cabinet that’s been in my house for 18 months. I swear I’ll finish it the week of July 4th (when I’m off work). It will be its independence day from being sad and ugly. Your dresser is lovely. It was worth the wait.

    Reply

  41. Love this piece – don’t worry it took me a long time to refinish mine to – you can see in the before pictures there were leaves on the ground!! Stopping over from Not Just a Housewife – I shared my glass door cabinet makeover! I just love what a little paint can do to a piece of furniture!!

    Reply

  49. This was well worth the wait because that dresser is absolutely fabulous now. This was such a wonderful post. I would love it if you would share this at our WIW linky party. I hope you can join.

    Paula
    ivyandelephants.blogspot.com

    Reply

  59. Linda,
    I just featured your dresser and pinned it on Pinterest. The “Sunday Stop” has just started. Come by and link up what you have been working on 🙂
    Hugs,
    Bj

    Reply

Leave a Reply