Take Your Curtains from Drab to Fab!...and my Ikea dressers makeover

The other night as I was trying to fall asleep, I caught the beginning of Sex and the City 2 for the 10th time and was inspired by Carrie's tassel fringe trimmed curtains . . .




. . . so while at JoAnn's the other day I picked up some black tassel fringe trim thinking maybe it would add that needed punch of black to my window treatment.



 

Needless to say, I went with the white silk curtains. And although I did love the metallic as well, my original idea for this room was very white and black and very girly


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* I love them *

My Ikea Dressers Makeover

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The husband and I bought these {there are two, one on either end} from Ikea years ago when we lived in the condo and they both resided in each of our separate closets. The before photo is horrible and I'm kicking myself now for not doing a step by step process of how I upgraded these two dressers you can see another shot of one of them here in my closet post ...but here's a step by step of how I took them from boring to super fun ;)

1. Removed/unscrewed original handles
2. Since they are laminate, I had to hand-sand them to add a bit of texture so my paint would adhere.
3. You're not going to like this but I used gloss white spray paint {because that was all I had at the moment and I needed to get them done} ...and I painted right over the plastic fronts.
4. After they dried, I took the same sanders I used prior to texture them, now, to scruff up the paint giving it a vintage/shabby chic look
5. Went to OSH and found these hilariously awesome little lion's head pulls and purchased 20 of them {the original handles had 2 screws each}. You can find the lion's head pulls HERE. And you can see a close up of them HERE





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