Before: A vanity that no one could love. Well, maybe a hoarder. Or a blind person who needed the storage. But besides that, no one.
After: A ‘blue ocean breeze’ beauty. Beth from Sawdust and Embryos knew this former hunk o junk had potential, and she deserves an award for being able to judge that from this original before photo from Craigslist.
{Rambling side note: WHY oh WHY do people post such crappy pictures on Craigslist? Is the technology that baffling? Do they figure that a blurry picture taken from 80 feet away on a rainy day with their kid’s Fisher Price Digi-Cam, uploaded to the size of half a postage stamp is really going to entice buyers? Is it that hard to kick the mounds of crap and clutter out of the background or dust at off at least the top layer of dust before taking the picture? I’ll never understand. But hey, I guess low expectations mean low prices, right?}
Anyways, it’s just gorgeous now. I love all the little scroll-y details. Thanks Beth!
18 Comments
Kathy@ Gone North
September 29, 2010 at 1:15 AMOh MY! Oh My!! That couple is SOoooo talented… she has such vision. Love this one!!!
Lynn
September 29, 2010 at 1:27 AMBeautiful transformation!!
I had a dresser on the plan of this one when I was growing up.. I loved it back then, and still do! Oh gosh, I sure would love to have it now and have it refinished like this one!
Blessings,
~Lynn
Katie
September 29, 2010 at 1:34 AMJaw dropping!
Kelly
September 29, 2010 at 1:53 AMunbelievable! LOVE this one!
Okie Chic
September 29, 2010 at 2:10 AMlove love it!!
Deb
September 29, 2010 at 2:34 AMThat is STUNNING!
Nita {ModVintageLife}
September 29, 2010 at 2:38 AMTHis turned out so beautiful. I went straight to her blog to tell her so.
Anna
September 29, 2010 at 4:06 AMOoooh, I LOVE this one!
bego
September 29, 2010 at 4:39 AMabsolutely marvellous! i love your “afters”. i look for the secret beauty of the old furniture i find in the street. i find really treasures (i´m spanish, sorry for my english)i follow just right now and forever!thanks for your talent.
Karen@StrictlySimpleStyle
September 29, 2010 at 12:44 PMThat is one beautiful piece!
Glidewell Family
September 29, 2010 at 2:38 PMLOL I agree with your crappy pictures on craigslist. I had a favorite tho it was a picture of a cat but the picture had no cat it was a living room picture. Beautiful dresser!
JBSquared
September 29, 2010 at 9:08 PMWOW!!
Suzanne@thriftstoredecorjunky
September 30, 2010 at 5:56 AMWow! I love this dresser! I would love to do one just like that..
Just beautiful!
Thanks for posting this
Jonathan, Jennifer, and Christian Lucero
September 30, 2010 at 10:58 PMGenius … absolutely genius! This is my first time finding your site and WOW … I AM IN LOVE! 🙂 Definitely a blog I’ll be visiting on a regular basis! 🙂
Sue@Uniquely Chic
October 2, 2010 at 3:57 AMThis is absolutely stunning….love it!!!
Lisa
October 4, 2010 at 8:27 PMSTUNNING !!!!
lauren@WESTFURNITUREREVIVAL
February 4, 2011 at 2:18 AMbeautiful love the color and the carving on the dresser.very romantic look to it.
Camille Farias
July 27, 2011 at 6:29 AMI actually caught my breath when I saw this, then shed a tear of envy and awe. Maybe two tears.