Dresser Remake- Part I

I'm so excited.  We received a dresser for free from the people down the street.  We didn't know them very well.  But, they ended up giving us this dresser.  I'm so excited about all of the possibilities.  My youngest daughter Lily is in desperate need of a dresser.  I have been putting off paying full price for a new dresser for sometime now.  I just couldn't do it.  So, I felt very fortunate to receive this dresser.

Here is the dresser.  Wow!  It needs a lot of help and a lot of TLC.

You can see all of the damage that has been done to the dresser.  There are scratches, water marks, and writing that is set deep into the wood of the dresser.

You can see that this dresser has a white wash finish.  It also has several stickers on it.  This is just one of the stickers or what is left of it.

We started by removing all of the drawers.  We removed all of the knobs off the front of the drawers too.  Next, all of the hardware was removed from inside of the dresser.

Lily wanted to participate in the action.  Don't worry we quickly removed the screw driver from her hand.  


Stay tuned for an upcoming post on the progress of the dresser.  Great things are happening.

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Many Thanks,

Melanie

Beading Tips For Kids

We always do a lot of projects around our house.  My oldest daughter Emma loves to do anything that involves beading.  She works a lot with clear elastic and makes bracelets to give her friends.  Instead of tying knots at the end, try this technique.  Attach a heavy duty chip clip to the end of the elastic.  I like the ones with the magnets because they are heavier and have the extra weight which is nice.  Make sure that elastic is secure and is in the teeth of the clip before you start beading.  Just give it a good yank and then start beading.  It makes for a good anchor too and is much for manageable for kids.

Here's one of her bracelets with the clip attached.

You can also attach another one at the end if you need to stop before the bracelet is finished.  Happy Beading!