Let's roll up our sleeves and tackle this Monday

Mamaw Parkhill had a quote for every occasion and today's nugget of inspiration is, "Inactivity
breeds inactivity."  Apparently, these re-doers agree:

1.  Start with an outdated dresser that's seen better days.

2.  Sand, prime and paint.

3.  Using an overhead projector, trace a pattern

across one end and fill in with acrylic craft paint.

4.  Voile:

Sawdust and Embryos

Stunning!

This next nautical project will have you saying, "SO cute!"

A Girl and a Brush

Got a funky, old campaign-type chest?  Revive it with a little color:

 
The Turquoise Iris

You know that thrift shops are teeming with abandoned chests of drawers like this one:

 

My Sister's Suitcase

I would probably have left this stacked chest in

it's natural state and changed the hardware:

As darling as it is now, I'd still probably change the hardware:

               

 

You have the power to turn "blah" . . . . . . .

into AMAZING:

What little race fan wouldn't love to have this mechanic's toolbox in their bedroom?!

better after

The pulls on this next chest immediately grabbed my attention:

 
Make, bake and love!

Beautiful, bruised old pieces can often be too 'far gone' to restore:

 

Again, sanding and painting gives this dresser a new life

as a sideboard or even as a changing table in a nursery: 

It takes vision to imagine this tired, out-dated chest as a chic, retro piece:

Today's final Before and After was 65 years in the making:

Wow, what stamina and endurance.

Mondays don't seem so hard, afterall!