Handy Dandy

Hi, my name is Marie and I am addicted to Pinterest.  Yup, I said it.  I don't even want to quit.  It's AMAZING!  This addiction has gotten me thinking about all the things I can do to make all my old crap feel like new crap.

My first project was to paint my old kitchen table black.  It was a super light pine and I never loved it but I got it for $100 on craigslist and it's solid wood.  Couldn't pass up that deal.  It's like a new table!!!  I love it!

I thought I had a "before" picture so I didn't bother taking one.  Turns out, I can't find a single picture of it before.  So I just found a similar one online.  For this project, this is what I learned from Pinterest...use a liquid sander stuff instead of sanding the entire thing.  It was super easy to use & the paint went over it really well.

On to my next project!  I saw this on Pinterest: 

The entire plan is from this AMAZING website (I want to make everything on there). My sister and I decided we MUST have one.  SO I coerced my dad into helping me make one. He spent 3 days in his shop with me making this and my entertainment center.  He is the best dad in the world!  

I am in LOVE with how mine turned out.  Sara is still working on hers but it will be awesome too.

The picture does not do the paint justice.  I used Martha Stewart's Textured Metallic paint in Anchor Gray.  It's kinda sparkly and a rough texture...freaking awesome!!  We used the leftover MDF from my entertainment center (pictures coming soon) so the cost for this bad boy was $5 for the handle, $3 for the hinges, & $7 for the paint (I used a little more than half of the jar) for a total price of $15!!!

And my other project was my entertainment center.  Also on this website.  This is the one I saw...

Since my dad is a woodoworking genius, we were able to make a few modifications to make it exactly what I wanted.  I wanted it a little taller than the original one and a little narrower.  Plus I didn't want any drawers, I wanted them all to be doors with false fronts to look like drawers.  I also found online a paint style that I wanted.  I painted it with Behr Dove Gray then spray painted it with a metallic silver spray paint, THEN went over it with Valspar Antique Glaze.  I still have some more work to do, but this is a picture of the progress before I added the glaze and before I drilled holes for the hardware.  I can't wait to finish it.  LOVE IT!  The total on this one probably ended up being around $150 with the hardware and paint, and MDF.  Which isn't bad for a custom entertainment center.