60's dresser for Sock Monkey Room is COMPLETED:)

Remember this family hand me down??

She is now stained Bombay Mahogany to match the bed. I wish I could get a good picture of it, but the fact is the camera flash over exposes and does it no justice. It is an espresso color with a slight tint of red. It's great!

Now to finish decorating ....

Partial Sock Monkey Bedroom Reveal :)

ooooh, this post has been a long time in the making, BUT the toddler farmhouse bed (build plans courtesy of ana-white.com) is finally COMPLETE!!!

After building, and my finally putting the last coat of miniwax stain on last night, she's DONE!!! BEAUTIFUL!! (or I should say "he" -it's for my son). The stain is Bombay Mahogany (gloss) by polyshades/miniwax. It's red during it's first coat, but with a THICK second coat it's espresso  with a thing of red. It's seriously the most beautiful shade of stain I have seen, EVER :) It's also easy to work with. (do not be discouraged by the first coat, it will throw you off) after the second application a week later you will be in awe! It's a wonderful product to work with! I like it better than paint actually. I love that this has a built in poly gloss with the stain. EASY, EASY, EASY!!

His room has been a budget design - $60 in lumber and supplies, already had the polyshades miniwax stain on hand, bought the bedding (duvet, fitted sheet and duvet cover) for $60 marked down from $110, and made the other pillows myself. My son will be in SOCK MONKEY HEAVEN!!

Just wait until I show you the 60's dresser I have redone, it's looking brand new and modern all over again!! LOVE!!

Slow progress is picking up!

Okay, the 60's dresser family hand me down I was refinishing? SUCESSSSS!

And this has taken way longer than it should have. I mean, I always start projects in the midst of another, so I blame my need to multi task on that.

Anyway, this is the second coat of stain on both dresser & toddler farmhouse bed.

The stain is Bombay Mahogany by Poly shades Miniwax.

Initially it was red, but a nice red. After a thick second coat, she's bright glossy espresso with a hint of red ting. FREAKING GORGEOUS!! love, love, love this color!

Now that my lungs burn and I had stain my my hair and face (not sure how)?? I am one step closer to completion of Ethan's sock monkey bed room make over. :D

I am pleased :D AND as always, please please please, ignore my ugly den, it's my last project in the house that I will be redoing:) And it will be a total night and day difference:) Once the dresser and bed cure I will start putting Ethan's room together. F I N A L L Y !! :)

Staining the 60's Dresser

If you remember (many moons ago) I was starting the process of refinishing a family hand me down 60's dresser.

See here: 60's Dresser Re Vamp

Well today I broke out the miniwax and went to town on the drawers & sides of the dresser.

What a rich beautiful color! It is more of an espresso red in real life:)

Above photo depicts the color more accuratley. Ignore the bed being washed out by flash:)

Next time I update, I hope it is to show you the complete room reveal. I will cross my fingers in the meantime. Hope you all have had a great weekend! 

Sock Monkey Room, Dresser Re Do (in progress):

If you've followed my blog, you probably know I have been trying to put together Ethan's room since December. Since we are one of the rare groups of parents who never have a sitter or free time for ourselves, our projects heavily rely on doing them on the weekends, or when the kids are asleep.

Initially I purchased a dresser off craigslist to redo. Only, I liked it too much and used it in our bedroom instead (I felt it didn't fit well for a boys bedroom). That and our hand me down dresser was smaller but PERFECT for Ethan, it's vintage retro and I LOVE IT! It was Doug's parents, and I believe his mother's parents before. IT'S very Mad Men-ish! Anyway, I didn't get the chance to take a photo with the drawers in, but they don't have knobs, it's every bit of the decade it belonged too:) When it's done you will se how great it looks. I would of kept it as is, but it needed to be refinished from the wear and tear we put on it :/ Here are some before photos, (sorry the drawers are missing). And, dear readers, I hope you can look past my spray painted on carpet in my den. hehe, just remember it is my next make over room :)
(NOTE: click on image to open in seperate window to see more detail)

That, and we are staining the toddler farmhouse bed to match. The color we chose? Mini Wax, Bombay Mahogany. Which per the Lowes shade chart looks almost black, except upon googling images, we see it is more red. BUT, whatever it turns out, blackish, or reddish; WE will love it! Either color will compliment the sock monkey theme. The more I think about it, I would be excited if it did turn out a nice red shade :)

I had every intent to sand this myself like I did our bedroom dresser, except for whatever reason the dust really bothered me this time. Doug took up on doing it and I will stain it. I have NEVER used wood stain in my life, so this could be a hit or miss. (Fingers crossed). I'll post with updated photos sometime later (if I make it that far tonight).

Please excuse my aweful typing and errors, I should probably go back to elementary school, I seem to have forgotten so much since having kids. I promise at one point I took honors English in high school. You couldn't tell from my typos and horrible punctuation. But I am far from perfect, and hopefully you understand :) Have a blessed week, readers!

**May 8th Edit**
First round of sanding done, a couple more & then I'll stain: