OUR DRESSER GETS ITS MAKEOVER

Our weather today is Fall-tastic!

Here is a photo from a recent past Fall, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis:

Our grandlad is here with us this weekend,

so who knows what the day will bring?

We might head to the bakery downtown this morning,

with a pit stop at the Dutch colonial en route.

I’d like to haul over a few boxes of my books to start filling this,

the 2nd of my 2 vintage sorters:

You may recall my saying that it ($50!)

like its companion, my postal sorter ($75!),

both served as display pieces in my late, great retail store,

Heart-in-Hand,

way back in the early 1990’s.

Stay tuned for photo ops + updates on both sorters!

Meanwhile, another vintage piece of furniture

has been moved to the D.C.

It’s a tall dresser I’ve been using in my sewing room:

I shan’t tell you what I paid because it wasn’t a bargain,

but these things happen on occasion, no?

Anyway, here it is in its new location — our bedroom!

It just fits in that narrow space, doesn’t it?

And yes, yes — I realize that it’s a beautiful shade of green,

which would no doubt complement our existing color scheme —

but SURPRISE! (not) — I’ve chosen dark blue.

Anyway, here’s the dresser, posing with possible options:

 I was fairly confident that one of these would work.

However, to save myself a little trouble,

(a.k.a. not having to make yet ANOTHER decision!),

I opted for this safe choice,

Hale Navy by Benjamin Moore.

I knew I liked it because I already had a sample can

for my RedBird biz.

TA DA!

Here ’tis on our dresser:

For the drawer pulls,

I’d love to get a set of plain Jane vintage porcelain knobs,

like these, from etsy seller smreis:

. . . or something repro, perhaps.

I’ve loved porcelain knobs since I was a wee lass

+ bought my first fixer upper in the early 70’s.

However, as our budget is semi-small,

I shall opt to spray paint the original wooden knobs white.

See, their shape is very similar to my beloved porcelains:

Full disclosure:

whom am I kidding, re: spray painting anything?

That’s yet another task that G.O.  does so well!

Stay tuned!