How long have I been promising pictures of this?
It's been done for months.
I suppose I had a few things going on...
This dresser was made in 1903. Found in my mother's basement. You should have seen the 'before.'
I used grosgrain ribbon for pulls- cream with grey pickstitch. It makes it feel more casual. I love them.
(No. Those are not pictures of Brian giving me a piggy back ride. Although the thought of that makes me laugh. I have not put pictures in the frames yet.)
I wanted a really washed out room. Lots of pale blues and dovetail grays.
I had to mix some of my own colors to get the effect (and paint the horizontal stripes twice).
This picture turned out terrible- the walls are not this dark.
Hello, Ellie.
A room full of my favorite animal.
This is a custom wall graphic from somewhere on Etsy.
I found these elephant hooks in the clearance bin at the Maxx. They were three dollars for the set.
When I bought them they were a terrible shade of pink.
Proof positive that anything can be made awesome with a coat of paint.
Second case in point. This dresser. Found on Craigslist (another early 1900s piece) for $60.
I was originally planning on purchasing Athro glass knobs but decided on a whim to check out the hardware at Lowe's.
Same exact knobs for a third of the price.
Same exact knobs for a third of the price.
(Those are the stripes I was talking about- a true labor of love. I think wherever I live there will always be a room with wide horizontal flat and semigloss stripes.)
The prints above the dresser are from, you guessed it, Marshall's. The set of three was $6.99.
I'm thinking of putting them above Ellie and putting this over the changing table instead.
I love it. But maybe it will be too much? What if I paint it white?
All in all things turned out well. If I had it all to do over again I would have custom made the slipcover on the chair and ottoman. I don't love it. It's a weird cream color and I would have preferred white (Don't worry, the lone silver picture over the chair will one day be part of a grouping. I just have to find other silver frames to match.). I also would have changed the drapes. I've never done a patterned curtain before, and now I know why. I would have done a gray dupioni silk instead. More formal and more grown up but I think I would have liked them a lot more. I would also have loved to do a white chandelier (in my personal opinion every single room in your house should have a chandelier- even the hallways. They make me happy.) but because we live in a story and a half we have some serious heating and cooling issues. So, unfortunately a god awful ceiling fan is a necessity. Next time.
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