New dresser

I was feeling a little inspired by this lady and these guys when I went to D.I. months ago and found a dresser for $10. I figured it would be a good replacement for the dresser that Ana had been using and outgrown (her shorts had to be stored in an empty drawer in Miri's room).

So I set to work. I bought lumber from Lowe's (which I feel really out of place doing, since I'm a clueless chick, but I'm starting to get the hang of it). And I had my dad help me use the table saw to cut it to the right size. And I glued/nailed the new lumber to the sides of the dresser after ripping off the old, waterlogged wood. And I primed, painted, glazed and added new hardware to the bad boy (check out the links for some handy tutorials). Check out this transformation:

BEFORE



AFTER

Yes, I realize it's pink. (And if you don't know why I'm even mentioning this, you can read up on my past anti-girliness here.) But Ana chose this lovely shade of raspberry, and it beats painting an entire room pink any day. (I'll even admit that it looks pretty darn awesome in their bright green room.)

Next project on my list: redoing the awesome bookshelf/headboard my dad made when he was a spry newlywed and which he recently passed on to us. (The headboard, that is. My dad's still alive and well, thank you.)