31 January 2011

Before and After: Corina's Modern Grey Dresser

Happy Monday friends! First of all, thank you sooooo much for all your sweet birthday wishes, it was a lovely weekend filled with love, family and lots of cupcakes!

I'm so excited to share this recent Lather Creations commission with you. It really was a true ugly duckling to swan type of transformation, since my cousin donated the original piece from the dusty confines of his garage. It had obviously been there for years, with layers of chippy oil paint and super stuck dressers! But sensing the piece's promise, J took the orbital sander to it and discovered solid 100% Canadian maple goodness underneath (thanks J!!)! This photo really doesn't do the 'before' any kind of justice, but here's a peek anyway...


Local jewellery designer Corina of Jake & Cleo spotted the dresser on my blog and saw the promise as well. After getting in touch about a commission, she and her other half picked up the most gorgeous khaki coloured grey paint to coordinate with their bedroom colours. I'm in love with the colour and how sharp and modern it makes the dresser look. After several good coats of primer, paint and finish to seal it all in - I topped it off with some whimsical black and white knobs I've had stashed and waiting for the perfect project! The black and white really pops next to the grey and they have such fun words on them like 'pull', 'open' and 'discover'. Too fun!







I really never get tired of seeing what paint and hardware and a little elbow grease can do to freshen up a tired old piece of furniture, don't you agree? I can't wait to see the dresser in action in Corina's bedroom!

You can also check out Jake & Cleo's jewellery on Etsy here...

Have a great week friends!

19 comments:

  1. The dresser looks wonderful, I love the new hardware!

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  2. Oh Lenore- I simply adore that color as an accent- it looks great and those knobs are crazy great!!! I love the font on them too.

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  3. yes indeedy... i love it! love the colors and the style of the pulls, and i think it i sjust in time for the csi typography challenge this week!

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  4. It looks absolutely wonderful! What a fun and creative project :) You have such a stunning blog! Maybe we could follow each other?

    - the runaway

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  5. Love that beautiful deep gray and the fun knobs!

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  6. Uh. First I can attest to the before being very bad shape and needing some love.

    But my garage...dusty? Harrumph!

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  7. That's beautiful, Lenore. Great color and love the knobs! Wonderful transformation.

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  8. yay! I love our new dresser :) We're in the process of filling it up with our clothes that have been in storage totes for months.

    I'll post pictures of it in it's new home soon!

    Thanks Lenore. You rock!
    ~c

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  9. You did an amazing job!

    *become one of my newest followers to enter the giveaway for the GC to WestElm! www.lldecor.blogspot.com

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  10. saw this on the csi project - LOVE the knobs!

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  11. the dresser is great. The knobs are amazing - where'd you find them?

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  12. Beautiful dresser! Love the color! And the daisies on top *wink*!!! Great touch! Stopping by from CSI!

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  13. Very cool...love the grey and white!

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  14. Beautiful! Love the color. I'm always nervous about painting furniture anything other than white-but you may have changed my mind!

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  15. Love this dresser!

    P.S. I'm your newest follower :)

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  16. I had to let you know that this is just such a great whimsical idea! I love it! I had to feature it in my latest post on great typography ideas! It is just so cool!

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Thanks so much for stopping by, I love reading all your comments! If you have a specific question, please email me at lhume1@mts.net. XO Lenore