Pink Dresser Redo

Almost 2 1/2 years ago I stumbled upon

this little dresser at a local thrift store.

It was pretty sad looking and the drawers were a bit messed up.

After bargaining with the sales guy~something I'm proudly

getting better at~yup, I'm one of those gals

that if you look even slightly intimidating I'll just hand my cash over

and run away, I got it for $6.

So it has set in my garage and been chewed on by the squirrels

until I had any time to rescue it.

The exciting thing was that it's solid wood, no particle board crap here.

I gave it a good sand over and had to repair some corners.

Wood putty is amazing stuff~you can literally reshape missing corners.

Candace and I reshaped a whole table edge using the stuff eons ago

and you would have never guessed it at all.

So be brave and get some!:)

It did take almost 3 cans of spray paint to give it a luscious finish

and I was sure happy with the color.

I used spray paint because I knew it would stick.  

I didn't want to worry that I didn't get all the varnish off

so acrylic paint would stick.

Plus it's just easier!

My daughter and I have been working on redoing her room.

Gone is the Pepto-Bismol pink I agreed to when we moved in.

I know, I know, who listens to a 3 year old=2 thumbs pointing at me!

We have a warm butter yellow and now the pink is just a nice addition of pop.

 I picked the cute knobs up at Hobby Lobby for just over $7

and fixed the inner sliding hardware for $6.

 The knobs couldn't be more perfect!

So for right around $25

my daughter has a new dresser nightstand!

Now to find the perfect lamp......

Duck, Duck.....

Life is crazy with the school year wrapping up,

lacrosse and baseball games, even being called in for jury duty.

Amidst it all last week my hubby left for work and

quickly returned running into the bathroom with his 

hands cupped around something....

"I almost hit it with my car and I couldn't find any trace

of it's mom or siblings.....can we keep it?"

Which of course was quickly followed by handing it over

to me, kissing me on the cheek and "sorry, I gotta run to work!"

My daughter and I scoured the neighborhood for an hour

and then went periodically driving through
looking for any signs of ducks.

Thank goodness for Google and for our local farm & feed store.

I actually let my daughter stay home with me

while my hubby called every 30 minutes to check on "his" duck.

He was afraid it would imprint on us instead of him.:)

Since we were skipping school we just had to take
it over to Grandma and Grandpa's house.
This is where we found out how fast it could run!

Of course we couldn't let it be lonely,

so the next morning we ran and got a companion

so now.....there are two!

Here they are swimming in my favorite popcorn bowl

~yes it's our ghetto attempt at a pond for them for now.

No worries, I have a date with Walmart for a kiddie pool....

I sometimes wonder how absolutely crazy I must appear to others.

But then I see the little ducklings follow my little girl around the yard

quack quack quacking the whole way,

and I know that sometimes, yes sometimes, crazy is good.:)

Let's cross our fingers that I don't get called in for jury duty tomorrow
so I can post pics of the cute dresser makeover I did for my daughter's room!