Photo I promised to post...

So the quilting project I finally got done and to it's recipient can now be posted ;-)

Soft Minky Backing

Keli had reminded me a while back that she did not have a quilt like her siblings all did .

So one more quilt project to be completed and I will finally be caught up….lol… yet the list seems to continue to grow.

On a roll… ;-) I hope it can continue.

So after staring a little at the dresser I painted I felt there was just something not quite as I had hoped or envisioned. Thankful two of my daughters critiqued the piece quickly and suggested I swap out some of the accent painting, switching some Arles for white and vice versus.

Sadly I cannot seem to get a good photo of the dresser in basement.

Notice painted yellow on drawers and left only a trim of white.

Dresser when first completed.

I mentioned I was on a roll? I've managed to finally finish another one of my quilting projects I had hoped to have had completed by Christmas, no photo yet but will post one soon…then here's the idea I had RE: taking an old farm window and colored glass. It's ready for final glueing of the blue glass pieces then I can grout it. So far I am pleased..it seems to be working out as I had envisioned…One's gotta love when that happens, I know I do!

Just have to glue down the blue glass pieces.

Here is photo from bottom, I will grout the window after the glass dries. I am a little nervous because the one glass glue I used at first is still showing as white, sure hope it cures to clear as promised.

It's done!

So I finished (at least for now) my first Annie Sloan Paint project! My ("at least for now" refers to still want to purchase new dresser handles but they are special order due to the holes being 5 1/2 inch apart) For the time being I just painted the old handles and knob with the Annie Sloan Paint but they give the piece a very French Provincial look not exactly what I was shooting for?
Also I am not completely sold on the white accents I painted on the drawers and dresser frame I am thinking I might enjoy the dresser more all one color?
I used this dresser as a learning curve trying out a new product for me and thus I decided to try out as many techniques as I could at once. lol lol…… I like the paint/product and have many projects I intend to use it on in my near future. The great thing about Annie Sloan Chalk Paint it seems very forgiving and thus if I decide I do not like or want the white accents I can just repaint over the white areas with no problem, no striping or sanding just paint over it with the color Arles. ;-) and I'll be set.
So here is the dresser.

This dresser was my hubby's parent's bedroom furniture.

Need to find new handles and knob to create an updated look.

A new look for an old dresser.

So What do you think?

PS: here is the before:

Sadly I forgot to take a photo before I removed the drawers and handles. ;-)