My Dresser Renovation!

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  What I couldn't tell you last week is that I spent the weekend throwing a surprise birthday party for my husband.  Since he visits my blog, I had to keep silent about all the frantic preparations I was doing...but that explains my infrequent posts.  The good news is that he was really surprised and we had a fabulous time!  Now it's on to packing for our vacation, which starts on Wednesday!

In the meantime, this is a project I have been dying to share with you all!  Months ago (as in, pre-Henry), we bought this old dresser for $100 at an antique shop.  It needed a lot of work, cosmetically and functionally. 

It's been a fun project for my husband and me to do together.  He re-worked the drawers and did some other not-so-fun things, and I got to sand and stain and do all the pretty stuff.

Here it is!  I can't believe it's the same piece of furniture when I look at the before and after photos.

The top was completely warped from water damage, so we had to order a new granite top for it.  Since it is sitting in my dining room, it will be nice to have the heat-proof surface when I serve big dinners in there (OK, so we've eaten in there TWICE in two years, but still)!

I lined the drawers with inexpensive wrapping paper from Hobby Lobby.  It's a cute little toile pattern that I can also use for wrapping gifts if I get tired of it, right?  

The knobs are my favorite!  $3.99 at Hobby Lobby, and of course I waited until they went 50% off!  Don't they look so pretty?

Yippee!  When I get back from vacation, I am planning to do a "how-to" post on refinishing furniture.  (The super-easy way, because I am NO expert!)  Until then, have a great week, and I'll be thinking of you all from Yellowstone National Park! 

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