Promises, promises!!  I know I was supposed to post pictures of Jenna's room yesterday, but I got a little distracted with a new project.  I couldn't help myself, I kept thinking about the dresser in the boys room and finally decided what to do with it.

Before I get to that though I want to show you what my neighbors delivered to us...

Homegrown!  I think fajitas are on the menu soon!  They smell delicious and we were told there will most likely be more coming our way.  Woohoo!

So now onto the dresser.  My mother-in-law must have know I was going to be needing some inspiration because she sent me the perfect article on a couple that uses paintable wallpaper on furniture.  I already love this wallpaper from our master closet project!  Here is the link to the Dumped and Discovered blog (a new favorite!) and the article www.dumpedanddiscovered.blogspot.com.  I decided to try this method out on the little yellow dresser in the boys room.

Here are the before pictures:

 
I sprayed the top with a striper and this is what it looked like after a few minutes...

Very cool!  After the striper there was still alot of paint so I tried out the electric sander.  I am not sure I will use it again.  It has some serious power, but it is very easy to make gauges.  Anyway, I survived and the dresser survived.  Here I am working away with the hand sander trying to smooth things out...

They are my work clothes, ok?  Don't judge!  :)  My plan was to stain the top of the dresser and the knobs and then paint everything else the same blue as I used on the crates.

I used the wallpaper on the drawer fronts and attached them with spray adhesive...hopefully they will stay in place for many years!  Then I painted them.

Hubby and the kids were working on their project as well.  Want to see what it was?

Yep, princess!  This was Jenna's birthday present to daddy and Logan's was a race car they painted.  Fun stuff!  Here is my little helper.  She was trying to sand the knobs for me.

Everything is done and waiting to be put back together...

Are you ready?  Here is a reminder...

And now...

I think she is pretty cute!!  I can't wait to get her into the boys room and see how she looks.  Hopefully it will all be dry and ready to go tomorrow.  I will be sure to post some pictures once she is situated.

And now onto the promised pictures of Jenna's room.

We have had those wall hangings since before she was born and this is the first time they have been hung up.

The plates were mine, as was the dresser.  The pink chair is from Grammy.

I want to have some ribbon "holding" the mirror, but I haven't got around to fixing it yet.  Not sure that makes since, but I will post pictures once I have it done.

I think I saw my next project and it's not the mirror, did you??

So, my wood love continues.  One of the great things about staining/painting your own furniture is that you can make everything match just the way you like...

See the seascape with the light brown frame that does not match anything in the room?  And now...

I stained and painted it the same as the coffee table.  I really like the way it turned out.  Much better than the light frame!

I think hubby gets nervous now every time I look around one of our rooms..."what is she going to want to stain/paint now??"  :)  Speaking of...I may have painted a few things in the boys room as well.  Hehe.  Pictures first...

Here is Logan's "new" bed from Grammy's old house.  The shelves used to be white and are now brown.  The dresser is a future project.  It is a hand-me-down...my uncle's as a baby, mom's as a baby, mine as a baby, and now Logan's.  I haven't decided how I want to redo it yet, so it is on hold.

I have had these letters for Logan's name since before he was born and finally painted them and put them up.  Obviously I need to find a better method of hanging them since only the L and O are remaining.  :)

Here is Lucas' big boy bed.  Last night was his first night and he did pretty well once he got to sleep.  The two shelves were mine, made by my dad when I was little.  No painting or staining!

Here are Logan's crates again, still home to his monster trucks.  The shelf above also used to be white.  I really like the blue.  I am planning to put pictures of the boys in the two side frames.

So that is the boys' room for now.  Tomorrow I will get up some pictures of Jenna's room.

I am so excited to have finally finished (almost) my latest project.  Remember when I said I have become obsessed with wood?  Well I found this great coffee table on Craigslist...especially great because it cost me nothing!! 

It was in pretty good shape, just missing the glass pieces.  I saw a table on one of the blogs I follow that I really liked and wanted to try the technique on this one.  So with some effort and several different products I stripped it...

Then I stained the top Classic Gray and dry brushed white primer and black gesso onto it...

I spray painted the bottom portion Heirloom White and distressed it a bit.  I haven't sealed it yet and I think I may try to add a little more definition to the distressed areas. 

I went back and forth on tile verses glass for the openings...glass won since the tile was too thick.  I bought some glass pieces and cut it myself...only one minor injury.  :)  So here she is at home in the living room.  You also get to see my piano, which had been at my mom's house and the couch she gave us from her move.

I have to say, I am rather pleased with how it turned out and I had a lot of fun doing it too! 

Okay, so I have a really good excuse for the long break between posts!  We went and packed up my mom and moved her out here!  We have been packing, cleaning, driving, cleaning, unpacking, and.....cleaning.  Thanks to all those who helped!  Here are a few of the pictures.

We loaded this (plus some :)...

Into this...

And drove it here...

Welcome home!

I'll have more to posted in the next few days.  We are both trying to get our homes back under control!