I was a regular at Goodwill before we moved a few months ago.
They switched out furniture every few days and I happened to grab a few things, this little chest being one of them.
Poor Mr. J would just sweetly ask, “Do we really need that? We are most likely moving soon and we don’t even have room for it.”
He knew best, we moved shortly after I got this and I’ve finally gotten around to it!
It’s an interesting size…too short to be a media stand, but only detailed in the front so I didn’t know how it would look if I put it in a living room as a cocktail table.
It’s an interesting size…too short to be a media stand, but only detailed in the front so I didn’t know how it would look if I put it in a living room as a cocktail table.
I decided on making it a toy chest for Little Miss L.
I went off the same colors that I did her flower wreath mobile and I love how it turned out!
Here is the before. Not too bad just white, but the Goodwill employee dropped it off the cart on the way out {definitely awkward}
and it chipped a bunch of paint off and was showing gold underneath.
Since this is the first furniture piece I’ve touched, I read a bunch of blog tutorials and tried everything.
I sanded, stripped, sanded, scraped, oh and stripped some more.
This took FOREVER!
My sweetheart of a brother came out and would lend a helping hand when he could tell my arms were feeling like jello.
I left it primed for a few days. I was nervous about the color I chose. I’m usually a very neutral-white, black, brown, cream, tan-person and I chose green! I sprayed it on and Mr. J said that he could tell I wasn’t sure about it and to make sure I was sure before I painted all of the sides.
He wasn’t planning on helping sand it down again 🙂
Here it is done!
I used …
Knobs-Anthropologie
Paper from Michael’s, cut out little frames, and used Modge Podge to seal it
I love how it turned out!
Linking up here
The Comments
Liz
I love this!! The colors are awesome! Great work 🙂
Becky
Very nice 🙂 I always enjoy things I work on myself more than the things I buy ready made! Makes me proud I guess! I’m from “Handy man, Crafty woman” btw 🙂
jenni863
THATS BEAUTIFUL!! tHE GREEN TURNED OUT WONDERFUL! STOPPING BY TO SAY HEY! 🙂J’S REVIEWS AND GIVEAWAYS
Leila
That turned out fantastic!
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Judy
That came out beautiful. Love the colors.
Katelyn- Domestic Charm
Very cute! It’s inspiring me to get to work on painting the old chest that has been sitting in my garage for a couple months 😉 Thanks for sharing, I love how you placed the purple paper around it!
Lindsay
Oh my goodness, this is so gorgeous! The color is perfect and I love how you added those adorable rosette knobs! What a fabulous new piece! I would love for you to share this at Show & Share–
http://southernlovely.blogspot.com/2011/09/show-share-4.html
Angela's Heartwork
This came out gorgeous!! What a beautiful job of re-purposing such a plain piece of furniture! And I love that you turned it into a toy chest – brilliant!
Michelle
looks fantastic and a huge difference in before and after!
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Michelle
Beautiful blog! love the chest redo….I too love projects like that, just wish I had more time! found you at boost my blog!
Bethany @ A Fish Who Likes Flowers
Very cute! I love the color you used and the hardware is awesome!
nelda
Wow, that sounds like a lot of work. I had no idea you had to strip old paint off first before repainting. Looks so pretty now, glad it was worth all the arm work.
Amanda
This looks gorgeous! The colour is just lovely and the paper frames looks so cute, can’t believe this is the first piece you’ve done!
Something Swanky
LOVE the look of your blog! You’ve done a great job 🙂
I’m following now from Wild Weekend and would love a follow back!
Ashton
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pargasjunkyard
I am hopping through…trying to get to all my Friday Hop Blogs! I absolutely love the way this trunk worked out! What a great toy chest for your daughter! and as she grows it can become so many other things….blanket chest, shoe chest, hope chest…. LOL… Follow me back @ http://www.pargasjunkyard.wordpress.com and/or on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pargas-Junkyard/259287017434763
c.w.frosting
This turned out gorgeous! I love the color combination you chose!
-caroline @ c.w.frosting
Tammy
You did a great job! I gotta find a better Goodwill store to go to. The one near me never has anything work bringing home. I love the Mod Podge paper inserts too! It really gives it a classy touch. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Kathryn Ferguson Griffin
How sweet it is! Great job! I’m a Goodwill shopper as well. Found you via Homemaker on a Dime. Tootles, Kathryn http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2011/09/voice-studio.html
Patti
Nice job…love the color combo, too!
Mindie Hilton
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing at Bacon Time.
Carolyn
Wow – what a great job. Love Goodwill! I would be thrilled if you shared this project on my Inspiration Board {link party}. I know my readers would really enjoy it.
http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2011/09/inspiration-board-link-party-15.html
Thanks for the inspiration.
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Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
It turned out fabulous! Neutrals are great…unless you’re a child. 😉 They like color, so it’s perfect.
Thanks for linking to Time Travel Thursday last week. Hope to see you again this week, as well.
Liz @ The Brambleberry Cottage
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Kaitlin Saenz
I’d love for you to link this up with my blog recreation party! http://notsosimplehousewife.blogspot.com/2011/09/recreate-into-something-new-6.html
Hope to see you at my place soon!
Kaitlin-The Not So Simple Housewife
http://notsosimplehousewife.blogspot.com
Ty and Whitty
It turned out so cute. thank you again so much for linking up to my party Show and Share! hope to see you again this week!
A mommy’s life…with a touch of YELLOW
tyandwhitneyulrich.blogspot.com
Elaine
You have a good eye! There was definitely a gem under that piece! I hope your husband came around when he saw the finished chest!
Sanghamitra Bhattacherjee(Mukherjee)
What a great job! Nice idea. Thanks for sharing.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
Suzanne
This looks so perfect, and very sweet! Great job on your first paint job!
patti west
This piece turned out darling! I so love it!! 🙂