repurposing

i have yet to really share many of the things i have repurosed (with MAJOR help from the hubby of course) on this blog.  i had wanted to start a seperate blog for just that purpose but i just want to share this now and hope for the new blog to start in the new year.  this old child's size dresser was sitting in my mother inlaws garage for awhile and they were intending to just dispose of it.  being that hubby is a master-woodcraftsman, i quickly had ideas for it.  we've done a few before too but this one i had a plan for, the others we sold after refurbishing them.

 

hubby took it completely apart and sanded it all down.  then he added a covering (to make it a shelf) for the bottom of where that last drawer was to go.  he could have doctored up the broken drawer but i love the look of some open space. 

 

(don't mind the books...i was moving some things around and stuck them there to get them off the floor, lol)

after a few coats of black satin paint (hand brushed on) i was ready to use this piece in my front room.  it will display my 'Cocoa Station' that i will be sharing soon with you all.  right now it holds mags and books and would even work well backed up to my sofa that sits out in the center of the room.  for now i need it near a plug for my hot water source for the hot cocoa. =]

have you repurposed anything?

Design Dazzle

ever been to this site?  if not and you have children then you should.  it's a great site for room decor and party ideas for children.  they even shared my idea for my son's Wii party i had recently...check it out here. 

other news....

see that black shelf (well i call it a mantle as it is heavily constructed) on the wall?  i got an idea the other day when i was doing my daily read over at this blog and i have really longed for a proper place to hang stockings as we do not have a fireplace in our current home.  so this past spring i found this mantle at a yard sale for $3.  it had a dark stained finish and it wasn't in too bad of a shape as it was but i'm not into the wood look.  it quickly went up into the attic and that is where it stayed until a light bulb went off in my head the other day.  i dug it out, sanded it down and painted it a satin black finish.  so when hubby came home off is job it was ready and waiting (ok he works on the railroad so i had a couple days, lol).  he couldn't put it off as it was all ready to go.

i will be back here to show you how i decorated it for Christmas.  i'm still puttin some touches on it. :)

 

hey, before you go...look at this peek of a project.

(don't mind the books, i didn't have anywhere to shove them temporarily)