Saturday, August 27, 2011

Curbside Find

While pulling carpool duty yesterday, I drove by two dressers and a bench sitting by the street!  I was so psyched!  Normally, Sarah B. finds all the good curbside items, so I was excited to load up one of the dressers.  I was going to snag the bench, but it smelled so BAD!  Horrible...it was a shame.  The other dresser wouldn't fit in my truck because I'm lugging around a million other things that don't belong in it...like a bike, four camping chairs, a camping table and a cornhole game....anyway, this is the BEFORE:


After getting it home and checking it out (it's not real wood, only particle board), I decided that I didn't want to spend too much time or money on it.  I used what I had on hand.  Kilz:



Ralph Lauren wall paint from Hagan and Hana's rooms.  The color is Sanctuary.


I got the chevron stencils from Tatertots and Jello.  I used our other Ralph Lauren paint, Country Mist, for the stripes.


Sanded everything down to distress it.  By the way, I was not careful with the paint or the stencil.  I knew I would sand it down, so I put on light coats.

I spray painted the handles Krylon's Pimento, and finished!  I kind of love it *sigh*







Everything displayed on it, I either repainted or made.  I also made the pom poms hanging on the branches.  For a project that costs me ZERO dollars....I'd say not so shabby....well, shabby on purpose.....but you know what I mean.


Linking up at these parties:
Be Different...Act Normal
Funky Junk Interiors

Libby :)

24 comments:

  1. Swooning over this!!! I love everything about it...free, chevron and painted hardware. Perfect!

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  2. what a great find, turned out fab! Love the red with it!

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  3. Great transformation. Thanks for linking up at bacon time. I am now following you with twitter and gfc. Hope you will join our linky every week. I have a new date night linky starting on the 8th too, I will be sharing more on that on Thursday. It should be a lot of fun. Nice to meet you.

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  4. Wow-this is a beauty-perfect freebie too! Love the makeover-I'm your newest follower-stop over for a visit!

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  5. Okay, that is just so flippin' cute! Great job!!! Good for you! Found you via Sister's of the Wild West. Pop on over for a visit when you get a moment. Tootles, Kathryn
    http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-do-you-see.html

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  6. Wow! That looks great! I'm stopping by from J&M's eye candy! =D

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  7. Very cool - love the zig zags!

    Please feel free to link you your idea to my new Make Yourself Blog Hop!

    -Jamie

    For Love of Cupcakes

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  8. This came out beautiful...trash to treasure! Very talented:)

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  9. ADORABLE! i would so die if i found this beside the road...you did a great job

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  10. OMG! I love it!!! I love finding things on the curb too! :) I think it would be dangerous for me to have a pickup truck...but kinda want one. haha

    I'm a new GFC follower! Looking forward to reading more of your blog!!!

    Brie @ BreezyPinkDaisies

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  11. Too cute! I am not at all good at seeing potential in furniture. With blogs like this I can just steal ideas. :-) Visiting from Make Yourself Blog Hop.

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  12. Lucky Duck! Awesome find and you did such an amazing job sprucing it up. Love it!
    Kim
    www.kim-toomuchtimeonmyhands.blogspot.com

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  13. what a great find and love the way you created a new look come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com

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  14. What a great find! I love what you did with it, beautiful job. :)

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  15. Gorgeous!! Would LOVE it if you would link this up to my turquoise lovin' party going on right now!! ;) http://www.sweetlittlegals.com/

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  16. Wow - what an amazing job you did here! I have a desk with the same hardware and need to do something with it - what an inspiration this is! I really love that Krylon Pimento on the pulls. Great choice! I am so glad you shared this :)

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  17. Wow, love it! Thanks for linking up!
    Emily
    domesticdeadline.blogspot.com

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  18. This is DARLING! I love the color of the handles! thanks for sharing!!

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  19. Libby,

    I want to thank you for linking up on my "Sundae Shake Up". I love how you have found this on the curb and fixed it up so well.
    I have a little bit of information for you. I will not be hosting my "Sundae Shake Up" party until October due to a new project that I'm doing... "30 Day Photo Fun Party"! I will be taking pictures based on a daily theme, and have invited all of my followers and friends to join in on the fun. I would love it, if you joined too. Stop by my blog for more info.

    Jacque @ Jacque's Soda Parlor
    thesodaparlor.blogspot.com

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  20. I adore the colors you chose. Great idea not spending too much time with the stencils and just sanding it down for a little shabby chic look. Thanks for linking up with DIY under $5!

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  21. absolutely LOVE this. the colors are awesome and the pops of red really finish it off. thanks for linking up. we featured you today.
    Amy

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  22. Love what you have done to this curb side find! The red handles really set it off. It goes so well with the rest of your decor.

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