Someday, far from now, when our grandchildren are laboriously stripping layers of paint from the furniture they inherited from us, they will shake their heads and sigh and say, “Grandma, did you have to paint everything turquoise?”
Because trends will come and go, you see, but this (free!) dresser set makeover by Ellie is sure to stand the test of time. It would have looked as great 100 years ago as it looks today, and 100 years from now, unless we are all living on the moon by then. *fingers crossed* Check this labor of love on her blog Beauty 4 Ashes.
17 Comments
Irene Robertson
September 1, 2011 at 4:33 PMBEAUTIFUL!
Korrie@RedHenHome
September 1, 2011 at 4:34 PMI have wondered about that myself…here I am staining everything in dark, rich walnut, and wondering who ever though blonde wood was pretty…how long before dark is OUT and the orange wood is back IN?
Comeca Jones
September 1, 2011 at 4:50 PMIn love with this piece!
Suzy-Q
September 1, 2011 at 5:07 PMTrends come and go so often! But for now, we do what we think is beautiful and both projects are just that! 🙂
bego
September 1, 2011 at 5:24 PMperfect! i love it!
Desiree
September 1, 2011 at 5:36 PMI love the pieces with the classic lines that never go out of style. And now the white really freshens it up. I have mixed pieces in my home. Some painted, some not.
Martinez-Gardner
September 1, 2011 at 6:56 PMI love that vanity! It cam out sooo beautiful.
Reenie
September 1, 2011 at 7:42 PMSomeday, far from now, when our grandchildren are laboriously stripping layers of paint from the furniture they inherited from us, they will shake their heads and sigh and say, “Grandma, did you have to paint everything turquoise?”……..
I was thinking of that same thing the other day. HA!!!
Cindy
September 1, 2011 at 8:08 PMOooh, pretty! ‘Specially love the 2nd one. There is furniture similar to this in my parent’s basement…probably crying silent tears that nobody is painting them, too!
Ellie
September 1, 2011 at 8:28 PMThanks for the feature, Lindsay!
El desván de Mamen
September 1, 2011 at 9:13 PMBeautiful work and fantastic blog.
Heather
September 1, 2011 at 10:52 PMI love the combination of the stained tops with the rest painted. Lovely!
J-ROK
September 2, 2011 at 12:06 AMI love the furniture, but love your wit even more! Seriously, I giggle EVERY time I visit your page. Thanks!
Tracy@GeneralSplendour
September 2, 2011 at 1:49 AMOoh! Ooh! Ooh! Love it! SO pretty and you did such a meticulous job! You should be very pleased with yourself. Enjoy! And FREE? Sweet!
statia
September 2, 2011 at 3:49 AMKorrie, I’m the same way with dark wood stain.
Except for this one piece that I’m painting… turquoise, and well, Lindsay, now I feel all bad about it. Dirty, even.
But it’s only one piece! I swear!
Lindsay
September 3, 2011 at 8:10 PMOh how i love these two pieces they are so beautiful. Lindsey you make me laugh reading your posts, i agree about the turquoise, i try to stick with a calm color pallet, but i am not very brave. Thanks fot the laughs.
Stephanie
May 14, 2016 at 1:13 PMThese 2 pieces are beyond spectacular! We’re in the end stages of a total house remodel ourselves and I have some older wood and MDF pieces that I would like to salvage for decorating but I’ll need to paint them… hopefully I can do half as well as these pieces were done!