Lisa’s (from Design it with Consignment) Furniture Makeover

I almost always do what I say I’m going to do. Sometimes it may seem like I’m really not going to do that thing that I said, but chances are it’s still lingering in the back of my mind and I really intend to do it. Is that a rambly enough intro for you? Basically, what I’m trying to say is: I made a mistake. I promised a sweet and fabulous reader that I would post a furniture makeover that she did and then for a really long time I didn’t do it. I was in New York and then Peter and I got super swept up in all the craziness of wedding planning, and finally I’ve had a moment to catch up and get cracking on all of those things lingering in the back of my head. Lisa’s great makeover is one of them.

To give you a little background, Lisa owns a fabulous consignment store here in Austin, Texas called Design it with Consignment. Lisa is lucky to have found something that she truly loves to do. Again, I’m sorry it took me so long to post this, Lisa! I promise the rest of you that I will try to do things I say I’m going to do in a much more timely manner.

I’ll let Lisa take it from here!

Here are the before and after pics of the dressers we rehabbed. They were structurally in great condition, but the finish was covered in nicotine stains (Ewww…) and there was a small damaged area on top of one dresser.

The before photo of the chest of drawers shows one drawer with primer, and one handle painted brushed nickel.

We prepped the dresser by scrubbing it with a TSP (trisodium phosphate) to remove the oil from the nicotine stains, and lightly sanded the dresser. After wiping down with a tack cloth (to remove sanding residue), we primed the dressers before we began the 5 coat paint treatment. (2 coats of base coat and 3 of the metallic topcoat for depth)

We couldn’t agree on a color combination that would allow for a variety of bedding colors and compliment brushed nickel hardware, so we found a 2-step paint treatment from Lowe’s that gave a wonderful pearlescent/ soft metallic finish. We then painted the hardware glossy black lacquer.

I think it looks great—and so did our customers, the dresser sold the 1st weekend they were placed on the floor!!!

Look at Me!! Look at Me!!

We’ve experienced a complete blog makeover! For the past few months Peter and I have been working with a fabulous graphic designer to transform out little piece of the web into something beautiful. DangerDom Studios did such a great job interpreting my wants and needs into a beautiful space. It’s such a joy to log on and look at something that feels soothing rather than scraped together. Since we all love a good before and after, here is a screen shot of the blog before and one of it now:

Pretty amazing, huh? It’s a fresh new start for a fresh new year. I love beautiful design. I use Google Reader to stay on top of all of my blog reading but if a site is really pretty I will visit it everyday. I just can’t get enough of looking at pretty things. So you can see why I’m so excited about this beautiful space that DangerDom has created for us to share our words, thoughts, and home. I hope you’re happy with it too! Happy Reading!