A End Table Redo For Dee

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Hi, how are ya’ll?  Doing well I hope.  I recently picked up an end table and chest of drawers at a garage sale and I am re-furbishing them for my granddaughter, Deanna.

When I finished the end table I had to stop and share it with all of you as it turned out so cute.  Here’s the finished product.

My granddaughter, we call her Dee Dee, is in the process of remodeling her room in black, white, and a deep mauve which seems to be a fairly popular color combination. 

Dee loves pageants, big hair, and lots and lots of bling she is a true southern young lady. lol

She is now ten and still easy to please even though she is already acting like a teenager.  Here are some recent pictures.

Dee is a lovely, Christian, girl who is truly beautiful from the inside out and we are so proud of her.  I, of course, as Nonnie spoil her rotten every chance I get.

Okay, back to the end table I had to add some bling for Dee!  I found some scrapbook paper with French typography and decoupaged it on the top of the table and on the top drawer.  I then went to the Graphics Fairy and found a crown for my little beauty queen (she's won several beauty pageants not bragging just saying) and an ornate D.  Here’s how it looked after I applied all the layers.

It looked okay but needed a little something more.  So I added some jewels, and German glass glitter.

Of course with all that bling Dee loved it and can’t wait to get it in her room.

I painted the inside and outside of the drawers in that deep mauve.  I’m not quite finished as I still need to wax and distress it a little, but I just could not wait to share it with you. I hope you like it as much as Dee Dee does.

The chest is next and I have a few other pieces in the works and will be sharing with you soon.

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Dresser Before and After

I really like the way this dresser turned out.  It was a rather plain white dresser but I added some embellishments to give it a brand new look.  Here is the after.

I thought I had taken a before picture but could not find it although I did take a picture of the drawers before I painted them.

As you can see it had a very 70’s look.  The drawer pulls had little pink flowers on what was suppose to look like a porcelain background.

The mirror was just a plain rectangle nothing special.  I wanted to make the whole thing more feminine and shabby chic so I added some small rose embellishments across the top drawer, and on the center drawer a rose swag.

I painted the appliques with ASCP in “Coco” after I attached them to the drawers and then dry brushed them with Annie Sloan’s “Pure White".  The drawer pulls, the trim around the drawers, and some of the details of the dresser I painted with a mix of fifty percent Pure White and fifty percent Coco.

The top was painted with the white and also trimmed with the mix of white and Coco.   I then sealed it with two coats of Annie Sloan’s clear wax.

The mirror was just to plain for me so I took an artificial rose and painted it in the same colors then used it to make a corsage to hang on one corner. What do you think? The truth now.

I hope you have enjoyed my latest make over and you are inspired to tackle one for yourself.

Oh, I’m excited to tell you I was featured over at Measured By The Heart  for my Free Graphics Wednesdays!  Thank you Connie I’m so honored.

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