Little chest make-over

This is my very favorite size of chests.  Big enough to hold plenty of stuff, but not too big to function as a night stand.

She’s a real ‘Plain Jane’ and was pretty beat up when I found her.

It almost looks like someone used her to cut teeth on; and there were several good size water stains on the top.

 

You can tell that it is quite because there is actual WOOD on the back and not just particle board.

Given how old this chest is and how beat up it was, I crossed my fingers and took a deep breath before I opened the drawers to see what condition they were in.

To my complete surprise and delight, the drawers were immaculate!!!  (that one little spot you see is from my camera, not something on the drawer)  These are seriously the cleanest drawers I have ever seen on an old chest.

A good bit of sanding, some soft grey colored paint and a bit more sanding to distress and she was ready for her new knobs.

With little crowns on them!  I have had these knobs for YEARS, just waiting for the perfect piece to use them on.

All ready to go to my booth at Stars.

My booth was completely disheveled after the five day sale.  But that is a GOOD thing, because it means that a lot of stuff sold!

I ended up putting the new grey chest in my wall space; topped with a couple of grey trugs.

This next week I’ll be changing over the wall space to BEACH decor.

Here’s my tidied up big booth.

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Stay tuned for the BIG announcement about the new ‘hang out’ for Sophie’s Cottage.