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Nothing majorly exciting happened since the last time I shared a glimpse into our projects, except that our family room renovation has been delayed indefinitely due to our contractor pulling a disappearing act that would make David Copperfield jealous. If it weren’t for this pandemic I think I might have stressed about it more, but considering the year we’ve all had, it’s really helped put things in perspective. He’ll show up eventually, and the room will be done, and never again after that. 

Happy Monday! Hope your week is off to a good start. Instead of a usual blog post, today I want to share with you a little furniture makeover I worked on over the weekend. This old dresser came to me from a friend who was clearing out her basement and asked if I wanted it. She knew I love old furniture and seeing that this is such a great piece, I said yes. The dresser is an antique and I liked that it had good bones and pretty drawer pulls that were original to the piece. But the layers of cobwebs and gunk, and thick green oil paint made me instantly regret my decision so I cleaned it up and left it out in the garage for a while, not knowing whether to chuck it or keep it.