The Flergers!

The "Before" picture
Letting the paint dry...
Bus driver, move that bus!
Those who know me probably already know that I LOVE Extreme Home Makeover. Problem is that when I watch it, I start to get ideas...

Our friend Jen gave us a dresser for our baby room because we didn't have one and we were ever-so-grateful for her donation to our nursery, but there were a few problems with the dresser. A) It was the wrong color. B) One of the handles was missing. C) Through normal wear and tear it had become scratched and generally old-looking.

Since I'm currently at a standstill on the nursery (at least until I get the flooring done) I decided that I needed to do a project this weekend. Last night I took a trip to Home Depot and came home with a quart of paint, a canvas and 6 snazzy new pieces of brushed silver/nickel hardware for the dresser. I got up this morning and sanded, cleaned and prepped the dresser and in 2.5 hours had created a fabulous new piece of flair for the nursery!

The top dresser drawer originally had 3 handles across the top--the middle one was solely for decoration because the drawer is not divided inside, but the handles on the top drawer were 3/4 of an inch smaller than the ones on the lower two drawers. I couldn't find any that I liked in two different sizes so I opted to fill in the holes from the old handles and drilled new holes for the new ones. I am really pleased with my handiwork! Our nursery colors are sage green, white and black, and this addition will fit perfectly with the room.