I cant tell you how many times I have heard the words " You are such a Martha Stewart" (haha) I just love crafting, diy, painting, sewing, and home decorating. It gives me great satisfaction to look around my house and say " I MADE THAT!"

Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Lovely Teal Dresser

  I have been busy, busy working on Abby's vintage dresser! My sweet friend Casey gave it to me a few months back. It is beautiful... but I was really craving some COLOR in Abby's Monochromatic room! My inspiration came from...

  this beauty.




 









Then I found this one, that is my dresser's twin! I just LOVE the distressing and blue grey color. Pinterest is AMAZING!!!














   My first task was to fix something that bothered me from day one! The missing wood applique that is suppose to be in the middle of the second dresser drawer. It just killed me that the beautiful engraved detail just stopped on both sides of where the applique should be. I decided I would just use my Dremel tool and finish it myself. Which could actually work, or just RUIN the whole thing! ha ha As luck would have it, it worked!!! Here are the basic steps I took.

1. I traced the design I wanted on to the drawer with a sharpie.

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2. Then I very slowly dremelled following my curvy line.

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3. Next was the FUN part, prime, paint, glaze, and add 3 coats of Polycrylic. The Color turned out AMAZING!!! I added cute knobs from Hobby Lobby at $1.50 each and I am DONE!

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  I picked two different knobs because the the size of the drawers. The top ones I chose a cute little pink knob with bronze center, and the bottom knob is larger white one with pink dots on it! They look so cute together!

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Close up...
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  Well that is it for today! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! :D



Thanks for stopping by,

Jeni
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31 comments:

  1. Connie the crafterbugDecember 17, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Wow, you did an amazing job with the Dremel!
    Connie

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  2. TamsynDecember 17, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Wow Jeni!! You did such an amazing job of making over this dresser! I love it :)

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  3. Inspired by youDecember 17, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    How fabulous! Very brave with the Dremel. Perhaps I can do that too?!

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  4. BodenDecember 18, 2011 at 5:06 AM

    Wow, what a stunning dresser! And the dremel work? Jaw-dropping! Nice job! I'd be thrilled if you popped by and shared this at the Head to Head Showdown, going on right now at www.icantstopcrafting.blogspot.com Feel free to link up a few of your favorite projects! ~Jen

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  5. Melisa S.December 18, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Love it!!

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  6. HeidiDecember 18, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    Wow! That was so brave of you to whip out the dremel!! I'm so glad that it worked!! What a beautiful dresser :)

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  7. UnknownDecember 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    My favorite color! Beautiful job. I love transformations like that. It is so satisfying.

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  8. SarahDecember 18, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Love this..I love the whole project..come by and check out my recent dresser redo..im thinking of glazing and distressing my dresser like you did!

    Sarah
    www.budgetfriendlydecorating.com

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  9. milliemorganmediaDecember 19, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    Wow, this is gorgeous. You did a wonderful job! Thanks for sharing! I am your newest follower and I look forward to reading more of your posts. I'd appreciate it if you came by my blog and followed me back. Thanks! http://milliemorganmedia.blogspot.com.

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  10. Erin of Salvaged WhimsyDecember 19, 2011 at 6:38 AM

    This turned out beautifully! Great color and I'm so impressed by your dremelling (new word?) skills!

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  11. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    This is stunning! I'm your newest follower from Homemaker on a Dime! Beautiful blog!

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  12. UnknownDecember 19, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    You did such a wonderful job on the dresser! I would have never guessed you did that detail with a dremmel if you didn't tell anyone... although you should! Tell everyone what an amazing job you did!

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  13. Jeni_ReamDecember 19, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Thank you ladies! :) It makes me want to make over another dresser, table, or my KITCHEN CABINETS ;) haha maybe someday!

    Jeni

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  14. Jen Lossing, Artistic Abode DesignsDecember 19, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    WOW, this looks awesome.I love the detailing. Great job!

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  15. Kindra-At Home With KDecember 20, 2011 at 6:31 AM

    Super cool idea to continue the design the with the dremel tool! I would of been intimidated for sure! I love the color as well!
    I'm your newest follower! Stop on by sometime! I have my linky party going on as well that I would love for you to link up called Terrific Under Ten Tuesdays!

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  16. Liz @ Here's to Handy AndyDecember 20, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    This is beautiful! Thanks for linking up to our Pinteresting Party!

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  17. samaaDecember 20, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    Gorgeous! You did a fabulous job, very brave to take the dremel to it!

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  18. Heaven's WalkDecember 20, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Beautiful job, Jeni!! Wow! Love that color you chose. What is it? It looks just perfect in your bedroom! :)

    xoxo laurie

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  19. Jeni_ReamDecember 20, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Thank you Laurie,
    It is acually a mix of two colors and two coats of glaze. I am really happy with the way it turned out!

    Jeni@ Becoming Martha

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  20. JenniferDecember 20, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    holy crow. that is gorgeous!!! Thanks for linking it up! FBing it now.

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  21. JenniferDecember 20, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    I'm your newest follower too! I'm so glad I found your blog! I featured it on today's post!

    http://daysofchalkandchocolate.blogspot.com/2011/12/features-from-latest-and-greatest.html

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  22. Kara at Petals to PicotsDecember 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    What a great job you did on this dresser! I would love for you to add it to my Best of 2011 link party, as well as any other projects you are most proud of from this year. Visit http://www.petalstopicots.com.
    ~Kara :)

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  23. Gallery32December 21, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    So pretty and I love that you used your Dremmel :)

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  24. Triple HDecember 23, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    Wow! You are really talented! I never would have thought of this!

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  25. Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things}December 24, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Wow! I love how the dresser turned out! Beautiful!
    I just wanted to let you know that you have been featured at today's {nifty thrifty sunday}!
    Stop by and grab a button if you'd like!
    Have a merry Christmas!
    xoxo,
    Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things}

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  26. Kindra-At Home With KDecember 27, 2011 at 6:04 AM

    Hey girl! I featured your dresser makeover at this week's Terrific Under Ten Tuesday! http://www.athomewithk.blogspot.com/2011/12/terrific-under-ten-tuesday-44.html

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  27. ConnieDecember 28, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    I have just found your web site and I am amazed just by the 2 projects I looked at. Can I ask you what the glaze and polycrylic does to the paint? This is all new to me. Love your work!!! So talented! I am so jealous!!! :)

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  28. ruthjs2kDecember 30, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    Absolutely amazing job! You are SOOOO creative!

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  29. Between Blue and YellowDecember 31, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    very pretty ! I love those inspiration photos as well. Great job, happy new year.

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  30. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:59 PM

    Could you tell me what two colors you mixed for this project? It is gorgeous!

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  31. Jeni_ReamSeptember 22, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    I dont remember which colors I used. I am sorry, I think it was just left over paint I found in the closet. We have ALOT of paint! ha ha

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