My pile of projects

Here's what my garage looks like right now.

A huge dresser I just brought home,

with matching mirrors

and a matching nitestand.

Lined up here is a king sized headboard for a BIG bench,

 a dining room buffet andmatching hutch

& the ornate dresser.

Here is an art deco vanity that just arrived over the weekend..

.Big round mirror is a

 GW find from a couple months ago.

Here are all my

Birthday and Christmas presents,  my saw, my tools, my paint cupboard, & my cardboard.

Where's all the Dressers?

It seems lately that dressers are getting harder and harder to find.   The Goodwills in my neighborhood are either so sparcely speckled with furniture or the dressers that they do have are so broken and overpriced that it's not worth the effort... So that turns our attention to Hutches, bakers racks, .. and bookcases and all pieces of furniture that display memoribilia & books.

Lately I find myself watching movies and TVshows and knowing more about what kind of furniture they have on the sets than what the show is about.. for example.:

 Hot in Cleveland.:.if you notice the dining room has a hutch, the kitchen has a hutch, and every nook and cranny is filled with knicknacks and dressers and buffets.  It looks good on TV.. I imagine the dusting it all.

While watching the movie You Again..  I could'n't help but notice how filled with "stuff" Jamie Lee Curtis' house is..  hutches and bookcases and all different kinds of cabinets and shelves...and book and more books.  the house is PACKED with furniture... and It looks great.

George Lopez sitcom..   the house is filled with furniture..  all different colors of furniture..  the stair landing has a dresser the kitchen has dressers and desks and hutches..all covered with clutter.

My Wife and Kids...again the house is packed with furniture..   red here , green there..  gold over here..
and hutches and bookcases and chairs and tables ,  what looks to us like the typical house is actually an artisic masterpiece, a tv set..  the furniture blends in but establishes a hominess in the houses even tho they are just TV sets.

When you are watching Charlie Sheen's next rant.. check  out his furniture.. lol.

Headboard bench # 2 finally finished..

Here it is all done ..  and ready to leave home..    shoo go...   off with you now..  goodbye.   adios..
and so it did....     thanks to Craigslist it is now in it's new eclectic little townhouse.

Two Toned Dresser

This one is my favorite before and afters ....  remember this "rescue" from the  St Vincent De Paul Store.???

Well after a few months of inspiration from all the creative women in Blogland..

 this I am proud to say is what she looks like now..The picture really  doesn't do it justice..it is much prettier in person.

The top is Minwax Mahogney Bombay , the handles are Rubbed Bronze and the bottom is a Flat White..

This was alot of fun because I discovered that the top came off rather easily.. so I was able to be painting the bottom and the top at the same time.  Therefore this project took only a day or two, so it was almost

 instant gratification...

I love it.

 I can't wait to find the next one and get to work.