Fancy Dresser

You may remember this post I did a while ago about this fabulous dresser I found at Goodwill.  It was one of those I have absolutely no idea where or what I'm going to do with this but I have to get it kind of moments.  Well, after posting about it, one of my sweet friends who was planning her wedding emailed me saying she was interested in it.  After talking with my husband, we decided it would be the perfect wedding gift for them.  Although I wanted to surprise her, I decided to tell her so I could customize it for her with the colors that she wanted.  I finished it up last weekend, just in time for their wedding.  We actually delievered it to their house last night so they will be surprised when they get home from their honeymoon.  (hopefully she's not reading this, if she is...SURPISE Jamie! :)

So a reminder of the before...

and AFTER!  She chose a shiny black finish with aged brass handles.  I chose to just paint the existing hardware since it fit so perfectly with the piece.  These after pictures aren't the greatest because they were all taken with my iphone (I hate it when I forget my camera).  When she gets it all decorated I'm sure she'll let me take some more pictures to share with you all.

ok, enough rambling...AFTER!

in progress...I was fixing the track on a few of the drawers...

and after we delivered it to their house....these pics make everything look a little more yellow (it was dark and again these were with my phone)

and since it just looked so bare there all by itself screaming "decorate me!!"  I obliged :)

Jamie really likes peacocks, so I used peacock blue as the inspiration for this design...

and a little more gold and glamorous...

Although this dresser has a distinct design, it is still very versatile!  Can't wait to see how she decorates it.  Also, a huge thanks to our friends for helping us move it in!  I've moved a lot of things, but this puppy was heeeavvvy.

In other exciting news, I got a new camera yesterday!  So once I get some tutorials from my fabulous photographer sister, you should be seeing some better pictures!