Rut

I've been in a rut lately.. for a lot of reasons, but mostly for lack of motivation. Jed and I live in such a small apartment that redoing furniture sometimes becomes more on an inconvenience then actually fun. When we get a new piece of furniture it kinda turns our apartment upside down until its finished and sold.

But we have started up again and are working on a new piece that I love and and am trying to convince Jed that we need.. he's not buying it.

But before that I wanted to show off a Mid-Century Modern Dresser and Nightstand that we redid a couple of months ago. I love this style and wish I had more of it in my own home.

Apparently I am super lazy and didn't take before pictures... or during, because I can't find any. I do know that the stain is Natural Oak by Miniwax and the drawer fronts are painted with Olympic Pegsus White

Updated Living Room

I'm a little embarrassed to post my before pictures of my living room. They aren't even the original pictures... they are more like half way before pictures. At this stage I had already painted the wide horizontal stripes (tutorial here) to try and hide the humongous blank wall taking over our living room. In hindsight I think the stripes made the wall look even bigger and blanker.

The room started to come together when I scored this awesome buffet and turned it into our current entertainment center. After that I was given (which means they were FREE!!) book cases, and decided to try for a more built in entertainment center look.

The book cases were sturdy and solid, but not quite the right color or look I was going for.

I painted them the same color as the buffet/entertainment center and then wall papered the backs with an ivory damask Allen Roth design that I purchased from Lowes. This was my first time working with wall paper and I loved it. It gave them great texture and dimension.

I love the way it came together and how it gives my big blank wall character. It has also bee a blast organizing all my books and knick knacks to put them on display!

Linked:

mad skills + mad in crafts 

sumos sweet stuff 

made by you monday + skip to my lou 

making the world cuter moday 

craft o manic monday

M.M.M. Day + craft
the cure for the common mondays + lines across my face 
more the merrier mondays + diy home sweet home project  
craft and tell + cherished bliss
newbie link party + debbie-debbiedoos 

show me what ya got + not just a house wife 
take-a-look tuesday + sugar bee crafts 
the kurtz corner
made with love + sew chatty
ta-da tuesdays + mommy by day crafter by night 
get your craft on + todays creative blog 
tout it tuesday + claiming our space

diy by design  
inspiring creativity wednesdays + twin dragon fly designs 
tea rose home 
the trendy tree house 
let birds fly   

what we wore and made wednesdays + rae gun ramblings    

catch a glimpse thursday + a glimpse inside
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transformation thrusday + the shabby creek cottage 
delightfully inspirting thrusdays + delightful order 
strut your stuff thursdays + somewhat simple 
i'm crafty + so you think you're crafty

feature yourself friday + fingerprints on the fridge
inspiration friday + at the picket fence 
frugal friday + the shabby nest 
freestyle friday + happy hour projects 
weekend showoff pary + lady bird ln

link up with me + liz marie 

redoux interiors 

common ground + common ground fridays

stuff-and-nonsense + fridays unfold

 just something i whipped up + the girl creative   

Weekend Finds

Jed got a got a new job! Hooray! He is now working at Fidelity Investments and the best part is... he gets weekends off! It has been great to actually be able to get things done on Saturday's now and actually see each other in daylight. This last weekend we went all over the town garage sale-ing, thrift store hunting, flea market finding, and finally ended up deciding that Craigslist is where its at.  We had zero luck at all the places around town, but scored on two great finds by doing our usual Craigslist searches. 

The first is a great antique dresser that is really quite huge. I love the shape and I adore the caster wheels on the bottom. I think that this will be our biggest project yet because of the previous paint job and the chipping of the veneer. I ordered my first quart of Annie Sloan's chalk paint and can't wait to try it out on this.

 The second was a steal of a deal that a guy had for sale about 2 minutes from our house. It's a mid century modern wonder of a dresser that also is need of quite a bit of TLC.