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June 26th, 2008
before and after: barbara’s side table

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when barb at knack sent over this before & after i instantly took a liking to it because it uses the same snow & graham gift wrap i used to line my dresser drawers (i’m a big fan of using gift wrap as drawer liner). with a little love, a coat of blue paint and some gift wrap to decorate the drawers, this side table definitely got a nice face lift. thanks to barb for sharing!

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15 comments
lauren said:
June 26th, 2008 - 12:37 pm

does anyone know where those drawer pulls are from?

Kristan said:
June 26th, 2008 - 1:41 pm

LOVE it! Wish I were brave enough to do those kinds of bright colors on my stuff…

Kazeme said:
June 26th, 2008 - 2:44 pm

Sure it’s nice and bright colored now, but I just loved the “before” drawer.. Such a beautiful brown.. oh well ^_^

Shannon said:
June 26th, 2008 - 6:34 pm

Gorgeous colours! It looks like the paint has an “antiqued” sort of finish. If so, how did you do that? I’ve tried… and it’s not so good…

June 26th, 2008 - 8:00 pm

Hey Shannon, glad you like this little guy:) The way I did this finish is to paint the piece with latex, satin paint…… sand a little bit around the edges and then finish it with a coat of minwax stain in special walnut. Paint your stain on with a chip brush and then immediately wipe of with a clean lint free cloth. Have fun with it!

June 27th, 2008 - 5:49 pm

This is just sick! WHY can’t I make stuff this beautiful? Darn. I love this one too.

LongTimeReaderFirstTimeCommentator said:
July 3rd, 2008 - 1:41 pm

I agree with Kazeme. Love the colors, but I get sad to see real wood covered up. I understand if the wood is in horrible condition or if it’s a cheap MDF piece – but the original piece was gorgeous.

July 3rd, 2008 - 3:21 pm

Hi – I was blog browsing and came across yours and was wondering if you have any info about the wooden piece on TOP of the dresser? I have an identical piece and am debating what to do with it and wondered what was done with this one? If you have any info I’d appreciate it. thanks!
Lynn Gleason

July 6th, 2008 - 1:15 pm

love it! knack does a great job!

July 9th, 2008 - 7:17 pm

i love that shade of turqoise!~ brilliant color combination. i can’t believe it’s even the same piece….just lovely.

caiten said:
July 12th, 2008 - 11:52 am

i love this, so funky and cool

BitchBuzz said:
July 17th, 2008 - 11:37 am

This cute little table is going to haunt me in my dreams! I l-o-v-e it!! The blue and the pink look so chic together.

sarah said:
August 6th, 2008 - 2:12 am

Another beautiful piece of wood painted over! All the artisanship on the face of the table, just covered up.. It makes me cry a little inside.

July 22nd, 2009 - 4:40 am

I thank you with the credit crunch you have given me a idear for our summer house that is old and in great need of TLC.Thank’s!!!

July 23rd, 2009 - 3:51 am

Who said that antiques where the in thing a just love the modern take. Just to wake up something sad looking. Thanks for sharing you fantastic ideas.

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