I love a nice, easy DIY project. And when I read about how Holly made the side tables of her dreams, I knew I had to do one of my own. The timing was great since my cousin in Austin has an IKEA a mile from her home. She’s super crafty so I thought it would be a fun project to do together.

Except that when I got to the IKEA they were totally sold out of the RAST mini dressers.

I had a feeling that might happen to me. I would imagine these dressers are very popular for those who like to create their own cute, cheap furniture. Then it just so happened that my cousin remembered a friend of hers had bought one and maybe she would sell it to me. It turns out her friend didn’t mind selling it to me at all. She was about to move and it would be one less thing she had to move. And the bonus was that she had already put it together and primed it. How lucky was I? Putting it together would have been the hardest part.

Then my cousin cut me out a cute stencil from some fancy little machine she has and I bought some paints. We ended up only having time for me to spray paint the entire thing before it was time for me to come home. Once I got home I started the stenciling process. Except that didn’t go too well for me. I’d never stenciled before and apparently I suck at it.

So I had to scratch the stencil, sand and repaint, and come up with a plan B. I went to Hobby Lobby, bought hardware (50% off), and found a peacock feather stencil. The I opted to use paint markers instead of actual paint. Here’s how it turned out.

I put it in my entryway, since I’ve needed something there for awhile now. I have plans to take down the rug hanging on the wall and paint the entryway and also the hall. But for now, it looks like this. It was a pretty fun project and I think I’d like to do another one in the future.

I’m sort of the queen of starting something and not finishing it. So it sort of amazes me that I set out this weekend to give my bedroom a makeover and I actually did it. I still have some finishing touches to add. Art, accessories, etc., but for the most part I’m done. And you can say that the room is pretty much brought to you by Target and Home Depot. And I’m thinking my total expenses came to $300. Not bad I suppose.

Before

After

You can tell what color I ended up choosing for the jewelry cabinet. Even though the majority of the votes leaned towards turquoise or not painting it at all, I ended up going with yellow. I figured it would match the best. I still need to paint the hardware white and put it back on, but it’s mostly done. I’m not sure if I want to keep it in that location though.

And for those wondering, no I still haven’t finished my master bathroom. It’s still half done and waiting for us to get it together and finish it. Perhaps someday. Although I have my eye on the kitchen as my next project. For now though I’m going to go crawl up in my bed and sleep. I’m tired from doing all of that hard work without any help from my husband. (she says without any bitterness in her voice at all)

So I have this jewelry cabinet that I inherited from my mother in law. And while it’s a piece that I have use for, the style just isn’t my own. However, I’m thinking that if I painted it a lovely shade of turquoise, blue, white, or jade that I would be very happy with it. It would then go quite nicely with some other things I’m doing. My husband thinks I’m crazy for wanting to paint it.

So what say you? Am I crazy?