Hi Friends!
How’s the last week been? It’s been another busy but good one here. Troy Night Out was a blast! My kids and I spent the day making a lemonade stand. We took this old small cabinet and redid it. They were so cute! They had an opinion about everything from the color to the font for the word “Lemonade” on the sign. That night, they joined us at Troy Night Out; I swear they were more popular than we were! ;)
My favorite part was the memories we made while repurposing, painting and meeting new people in the city of Troy. We had a great time!! The kids were also thrilled to the gills to sell their lemonade to the mayor. Ever since our ribbon cutting, they talk about how they got to meet the mayor and “he’s like the president”. After he left, Josh said, “Mom, maybe we should give him the lemonade since he’s the mayor.” He’s a smart kid. ;) Josh also kept asking people IF they wanted change instead of just giving them their change. When I told him not to ask, just tell people how much their change is, he told me that he makes more money the other way. Cracks. Me. Up. Here they are with the mayor:
I’m BEYOND excited to share this furniture transformation with you. If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you may have already seen the after pictures because this set is up for sale on our Furniture for Sale page. It’s hard to appreciate the work behind them without seeing the before pictures.
My mom bought this set for me at a yard sale. When she sent me the picture, I wanted them so badly. One had missing trim and one had a chewed up corner, but they had just the bones I needed to make this transformation amazing!
Here they are before:
I’ve been wanting to add aged lumber to the fronts of a dresser for a while. I’ve never seen it done, but in my little brain it sounded amazing. These were perfect because we could remove the framing on each drawer and that would give us the depth we would need to add wood to the front. That’s just what we did on all of the bottom drawers. We ripped off the trim which was a bit of a chore.
Once we did that, we used aged wood so it had a naturally gray finish. I didn’t stain or do anything to the color of the drawers. Just stained the side where the cuts were to make it match the original gray color of the wood. If you end up trying a project like this, you have to be very careful to keep the wood exactly the right size so it sits perfectly on the drawer.
We painted the box Simply White by Benjamin Moore. If you’d like to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. Ready for the afters?
This whole set is for sale right now! We just brought it into the store last week. If you’d like to purchase it, please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY.
I also added quite a few other new pieces to the store!
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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)
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