Nursery: Turquoise Dresser & Orange Lamp

The nursery has been a fun ongoing project for me, it's nice because we have plenty of time so there is no rush. Last year I found this nice solid dresser at Goodwill for just $35 and it included 2 matching nightstands and a mirror! I painted the nightstands gray for the guest room and they look great. This is what I'll use for a dresser/changing table for the baby's room. I also found 2 great lamps at my favorite Arc thrift store. One I took back to Kansas and painted for my sister Alexis for her nursery and the other one I painted orange for my nursery. I love the way the dresser and lamp turned out! 

Gray Nightstands & Turquoise Lamps

Our Guest Bedroom is another space that I really haven't paid much attention to.  I needed to find matching nightstands and lamps but didn't want to spend a lot of money. 

I love finding cheap old shiny brass lamps with a good shape and painting them a new color. I found these 2 at a thrift store for $3 each!

I love the lines and style of Louis XIV furniture, especially with a new coat of paint to modernize it! 

At Goodwill months ago I found the perfect Louis XIV dresser that I have been searching for to use as a dresser/changing table in our nursery. It was only $35 and just happened to come with 2 matching nightstands and a mirror! At the time I didn't have a place for the nightstands but quickly realized they are a perfect fit for our tiny guest room. The furniture is from Bassett Furniture, a really great furniture company that has been in business since 1900. They do all solid furniture and dovetail drawers, so these are very solid pieces! 

Here is the nightstand before with the newly finished glossy turquoise lamp

And here it is complete, I love the gray/turquoise combination. I really think the gray modernized the nightstands perfectly. Now I might just have to repaint the guest room someday...

Powder Room Makeover

I decided to remodel our Powder Room. Our whole house has the unfortunate "Golden Oak" cabinets from the early 2000s. I researched & researched until I finally found a way to make change them without stripping and sanding them down to raw wood. It's called a gel stain and it's really not that hard, just time consuming and messy. I decided to start in the Powder Room first to see what it takes and I'm still debating on whether or not to tackle the kitchen, it would be a big job! So for now I have just added modern hardware to the kitchen. 

The Powder Room was a space that I have never really paid much attention to until now.

Before:

Before:

Before:

Staining the oak cabinets with a gel stain, this took 3 coats, this is a photo after the first coat

  

New darker cabinet color and new hardware, big improvement!

 

Next I used a dark turquoise paint to dramatically change the space. I really like the feel of dark Powder Rooms, I think they are very elegant. 

Another fun little project that I did was I recovered the light switch and outlet with a fun wallpaper. I love the way it turned out!

Shelf

I found this shelf on the curb on big trash day last year. It sits in my office and I finally painted it my favorite color, I think it's a huge improvement!