the Beantown Menzies

While I was in the thick of painting this dresser I found on craigslist, Caroline said, "There's no turning back now, the old dresser is at the dump!"  Yes, it took a lot of time and elbow grease to turn this mahogany stained bow front dresser into a crisp, white dresser for Grace & Caroline.  The lighting is horrible, but here are some pics...

Grace wanted shiny hardware, so I sanded, polished, and buffed each blackened, tarnished pull as best I could....for hours.

I read somewhere that adhesive drawer liner can attract bugs, so I found some pretty wrapping paper at Target that my girls approve of, and lined the drawers of their new dresser.  Grace would love to have hot pink walls, but pops of bold color will have to do.

I decided that Grace and Caroline are old enough to have a say in decorating their room, and we'll be done with our collaboration in a couple weeks.  Can't wait to pull it together and have a lot of little projects DONE!  ...more pics to come.