Something seems a little fishy.

Perhaps you have strolled through the thrift store, or scrolled through Craigslist, wanting deep in your heart to find an item of furniture to makeover, but not knowing where to start. Unsure if you have the vision. Doubting you could pull it off.

“This dresser looks cool,” you say to yourself.  “Maybe some new handles, definitely a pretty paint job. But I don’t like the feet, and what about that weird scrolly piece at the bottom? I don’t even know. I give up.”

*SLAP* (That is me slapping some sense into you. Kindly, of course). Don’t give up girlfriend! Look what it can be with new handles and a pretty paint job! And guess what? Turns out the skirt was easily removable. No problem at all. Susan pried it off and added an updated set of feet, and so can you, and it looks amazing, and so can yours!

See it at Saw Nail and Paint.

“Ok,” you are thinking “I can do this! Yeah! Look, here’s another dresser now!  Oh, but it has a funky rattan paneling thing happening on the drawers. Hmmm, I don’t know how I’d fix that. I give up.”

Honey, please. Haven’t I taught you anything? That’s not even real rattan. That’s a piece of plastic molded to look like rattan. Pop that sucker out and replace it with some v-board, like Jann at Newton Custom Interiors did here! Boom. Instant classic.

Now it’s your turn. You tell me. What would you do with this mega-bland particle board console? New handles and trim? A brightly colored paint job?

Trick question. The answer I was looking for is “cover it with fish.” I just like to keep you on your toes.

From Paula at Sweet Pea.