Dresser for my Brother

My brother needed a dresser set. I didn't take any before picture but, I wish I did. My mom bought these dressers in 1974. It had about a million huge scratches and gauges. It took hours and hours of sanding it. Not to mention the all the sand paper I went through. I used the electric sander and for days my arms were sore. I had to stain it after sanding it. I'm really happy how rich of a color it turned out.

The drawer pulls use to be gold with some rusting on them. I gave my brother the option to either buy new drawer pulls or spray paint them. The spray paint and clear protector cost about $10 versus $50-$100 to purchase knobs and pulls.

After they were done I had a few people stop and ask if they're for sale.

Lily's First Day of Preschool

My baby starts school this year. Brandon took off of work to witness Lily's first day of school. It's a bitter sweet feeling. She likes her teacher and school a lot. After we dropped her off we went out to lunch and had a quite 2 hours together before being thrown back into our reality.

Painting and Staining

I started a small gig in my spare time. Painting and staining furniture. Last year around this time I was painting our night stands and I mentioned to Brandon I should start painting furniture. I received a puzzling look. I pondered the thought once again after we sold our white dresser on craigslist in April. Within 24 hour period we receives 15 inquiries. The women who bought it was looking for a white dresser for sometime and she wanted solid wood but didn't want a huge price tag. I mentioned painting furniture to Brandon again and he said go for it. The last few months I/we have been busy. I've got a lot of pictures of some the pieces done. More to come.

A Visit From Auntie Carol

We had a fabulous time with Aunt Carol. I was lucky I got to visit her twice in one week. I always have such a great time with her. She lives in Arizona so I'm pretty sure not only was she happy to get home to her wonderful husband Bob (a.k.a Booby, Hooter or ect...) but get far away from Wisconsin weather. She's been making an annual appearance in September so I'm hoping we'll see Aunt Carol next year, too. We miss her already.

A Great Summer

Summer came and went so fast. I took a 3 months break from blogging. My laptop was M.I.A for the last couple of months (kids). We had a blast this summer. I was just as sad as the kids when they went back to school. Miss them already!