Guest Bedroom!

I don't have every little thing decorated yet in the guest room, but I just cannot wait any longer to show you the furniture that I painted! So let's start from the beginning...

How we found it. Niiiiiiice.

Ripped up the carpet and painted multiple coats of paint.

New carpet and no more blue tape.

Furniture (dresser and two end tables) bought off of Craigslist for $40.

TA-DA!

TA-DA!

Bedding and pictures from Target.

Fish painting by moi.

Now, I want to find two smaller matching lamps for the end tables and a large lamp or vase for the white dresser.

Hope you like! But don't tell me if you don't, my feelings would get hurt. :) Maybe just give me ideas to improve!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm loving that my Craigslist furniture is done!! And the guest bedroom is somewhat done! I just have to buy little things like lamps and decorations to complete it. I'll do a separate post later today with pictures!

I'm loving that Shasta Anne is having another awesome giveaway (a $100 Visa card!) Go here to enter!

I'm loving this pic Cameron texted me on Saturday night of some of the guests in our backyard! What do you call that thing they're standing under anyway? A pavilion? I have no idea.

I'm loving the charcoal Duex Lux "Mercer" wallet! Cameron? :)

I'm loving that I'm off work on Friday and I'll be going on my first fishing trip of 2011!

Slacker.

I've been really slack on re-painting the furniture I bought off of Craigslist. (post here) So I've decided to look for grey & yellow rooms online for some inspiration..

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Hopefully my motivation will come back to me!

Craigslist Find! (Now What??)

A few weeks ago while I was bored at work (surprise, surprise), I was looking around on Craigslist for some cheap furniture that was just begging for some fresh paint. I stumbled across an awesome set of matching nightstands and a matching dresser for just $40! I contacted the seller immediately and picked them up 2 days later.

Here they are:

Love the detail on the top drawers.

Please excuse my messy garage and crappy photog skills.

Now, for my question: The tops of the night stands & dresser are laminate. Sanding won't help. What am I supposed to do to make sure the paint sticks and doesn't look horrendous?? Help please! I found this article and am hoping it's for real. But I still welcome any other suggestions!

I plan on painting the dresser a mustard-y yellow and the night stands white. Or vice versa. I know I want yellow and white because I think it will look great with the grey wall color.

This is the picture that pretty much came my inspiration for this particular project and guest room. I'm so sorry I cannot remember which blog I found it on though! If it's yours please let me know so I can give you credit!

Thanks y'all! :)