I am here today to tell you the story of my husband’s childhood dresser makeovers.That’s right, two times this dresser has received new looks. This furniture piece has moved to many apartments, across the country and back again, and into our home together. We decided that this storage item would make a great addition to our son’s bedroom. The only problem was that it didn’t match our decor plans for the room. So, me being the DIYer I am, I gave it a well deserved makeover.

From Wood to White:
The dresser started out with a dark wood stain. It just didn’t fit into the visual of our baby boy’s nursery of blue and white.

(Please excuse the bad photography here. This was before I took the Shoot Fly Shoot Photography class. FYI: This class really is amazing!)

So, I primed it and gave it several coats of white paint. I also updated the chunky hardware to these basic silver pulls.

I absolutely loved this dresser white. So clean looking.

But as any DIYer can tell you, sometimes you just need to change things up.

From White to Gray:

As our son is getting older, he has been wanting a “big boy” room. (This is the vintage airplane themed room I have been working on.) Our color scheme has changed again and it was time to repaint the dresser.

I mixed up some of my own gray-blue chalkboard paint and got to work.

After two coats, it had a new look. We doodled on it with some chalk then wiped our drawings away.The chalkboard paint gives it an old kinda beat up look.

For this makeover, I spray painted the hardware with Rust-Oleum Oil Rubbed Bronze Paint and Primer.

It amazes me that one piece can have so many different looks.

We would love to hear your thoughts! Are you a fan of the clean white? The vintage gray? Or maybe you prefer the original stain. Leave us a comment and let us know!

Rope is the item for The Home Depot Gift Challenge this month. (In previously months, our projects have been 2 x 4 Wall Art, an Industrial Book Rack, a Wood Box Caddy, and a Pegboard Luminary.) These 10 minute rope curtain ties are a prime example of being struck by an amazing idea and then you come to find out everyone and their brother was hit with the same one. Oh well. I decided to share it anyways, because it is that awesome. I guess it’s true great minds think alike, just ask Pinterest.

Here’s how I made mine.

Supplies

Rope
Twine
Scissors
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Hooks- I used 1 1/4″ mug hooks
My hands (If only I had a couple more, this project would have been a lot easier.)

First, I unwound the rope into smaller sections. I thought the rope as a whole might be too thick for a tie.

Next , I cut a section of the rope into an 18″ long strip.

Then, with the twine I created a loop and hot glued it to the sides of the rope.

After that, I looped the twine again so the end of it was at the top of the rope. I wound the twin down the rope about 1 1/2″ gluing some along the way.

I cut off any excess string and smoothed the ends down with hot glue.

Then, I repeated each step until I had completed both ends of the curtain tie.

Finally, I attached the hook to the wall and tied up my curtain.

I really love how simple and budget friendly this project is. I spent less than $5 total for 2 curtain ties. Yay! I may just have to make more of these for other rooms in our home too.

Now it is time to check out these other amazing rope projects!