where have i been?

trying to keep myself busy lately. somedays, finally have enough energy to to something, and it scares me to think that one of these days, i'll be headin' back to work and i haven't accomplished a whole lot the past 6 months, that i have been off.
so this is one of the projects that i have been wanting to do for a while now. what a bugger it was! we bought this dresser over 30 years ago. (i think it was just before chester was born, and he just turned 32). anyway... it was looking pretty gross (and I always forget to get a before picture, but here it is, as i was sanding my little fingers to the bone.) see all of those little lines... well i got to sand those by hand. so these are the drawers....

and this is the dresser ~ all sanded. i decided not to put the mirror back on it, because donnie thinks he needs a t.v. in the bedroom ~ those 'hunting shows' are pretty darn 'portant, ya know!

and, walla! this is what it looks like now!
i was going to go get new hardware for it, but instead decided to try out the spray paint. didn't turn out too, bad, if i do say so myself!


i found a picture of the night stand that goes with it. (this is actually for my sisters, they said they couldn't see that it looked any different, but i promise! it really does!!)


for mother's day chet and george worked on moving the t.v from one wall to the other

i also painted my room. don made me promise him that i wouldn't paint it "yellow". i don't know why, it's his favorite color. but anyway... i honored his wishes... and painted it "september leaf". first i was only going to paint 2 walls, but the "september leaf" didn't really go with the paint on the other walls, so ended up painting all 4 walls.

this is my bedspread, that i made a couple of years ago, and the rug above, i made last year. i planned my color theme around them.

don hated to admit it, but after i got it all painted, he really liked it. now i have a few pillows to finish (and he has a log bed, lurking in the shadows of the barn somewhere).
off to the next project.........