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CtB goes DIY (and some unfortunate news about overdue library books)
By Ann | April 15, 2008
Ta da! Here are the results of my very first DIY project! I inherited this particle board dresser from a friend six years ago. I forgot to take “before” photographs, but it started out an uninspiring “birch” color, with various stains, scratches and ugly nicks.
I’d long wanted to paint it but was intimidated by the process, particularly sanding. But finally I just couldn’t stand it anymore, so I googled “painted furniture” and found these extremely helpful instructions from Martha Stewart’s website.
I made a trip to Lowe’s (a store I’d never heard of before Friday) and purchased my supplies — a tarp, 2-inch paintbrush, sandpaper, spackling compound (to fill in any nicks), a putty knife, primer and paint. It’s hard to see in the photo, but I chose this Martha Stewart color, Araucana blue, a very pale blue inspired by the eggshells of Martha’s hens.
I also unearthed a 2-year-old gift certificate to Restoration Hardware to buy these pretty glass knobs:
I started the project on Friday and finally finished it yesterday. I am really, really happy with the results — the overall cost was about $100 (though $50 was paid for with a gift certificate that I otherwise wouldn’t have used), but that is so much less expensive than a new dresser!
Anyway, as you might suspect with all this DIY activity, I haven’t been doing much cooking. And then I made the horrifying discovery that The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics is overdue to the library — and because I’d renewed it once before, I can’t renew it again! And so, mes amies, I must return Martha to the library and hastily conclude my Cooking the Books review — unfinished — or should I say, half-baked?
I know this news is rather disconcerting, but fear not, Cooking the Books will return with a new cookbook to review soon!
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April 15th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Beautiful! Great job, Ann!
April 17th, 2008 at 12:23 am
wow, good job!I love the vase too!