Deco Nightstand Makeover

So this little vintage deco nightstand, which I'd found at a garage sale, had been sitting around for far too long. I finally decided to give it a well deserved facelift.

This is the before:


And after a little TLC & elbow grease:


&an upclose of the knob, which I think may be my favorite part:

Early American Style Vintage Desk Makeover

This, too, was taking up space in my garage for a long time. I decided to quit being lazy and just get this over with. I've never painted a large piece red so I thought what the heck.. This piece, to me, was rather boring so I thought it needed something bright to help it out.

Desk before:


Desk after:

I like the way it turned out. I didn't really like how many coats it took to cover the primer and be a true red. All in all, I think it worked out.

1940's desk

I wish I had gotten a before photo of this. It was absolutely awful. It was somebody else's diy project gone terribly wrong. The bottom half was painted a bright flat pink, the top a baby blue, and pink & purple butterfly knobs to set it all off.

I sanded it all down, primed, painted it mint green & put a coat of clear poly on it. I had to buy some new knobs as all the originals were missing.

Vintage French Provincial Vanity

I found this and instantly fell in love with it. I knew from the yellow stains of nicotine that it would be a bitch to get clean.

Before:




There was way more nicotine on there than I originally thought. These photos are after I scrubbed the whole thing for about an hour.

After:




This is probably my favorite piece so far. It looks so much better in person. It was really hard to convince myself to sell it.

Small Things

This was just a boring brown before I got ahold of it. Of course, it ended up blue. I put some black glaze on it to make it more interesting. I really like the way it turned out.


Vintage wicker shelf painted a funky pea green.

Chunky Chest of Drawers Makeover

This is another piece that was laying around my garage taking up a large amount of space. My neighbor was moving and had thrown this guy to the curb. One of the drawers was falling apart and some of the hardware was missing. Like a seemingly crazy person, I asked him to help me move it to my garage.

This is the before:


And the after:

I had someone repair the drawer for me. I then removed the middle pieces of the hardware and patched the holes. I really love this mint green color, probably too much.

1970's Headboard

1970's headboard before:


after: