My Bookcase Goes to Auction!

At the charity auction, my bookcase was filled with the therapists' favorite developmental toys and children's books.

And after the bidding war? The bookcase went for $1300!

More Rhymes

Two more paintings from the nursery rhyme bookcase: Little Bo Peep's sheep and the Cat and the Fiddle. I'll post the last few paintings and an overall shot of the bookcase soon.

Nursery Rhyme Bookcase

Here are some images from a children's nursery rhyme bookcase that I recently completed. It was brightly painted for either a boy or girl's room or a children's library. I painted 3 rhyme characters on each side of the bookcase, and one on the top. More photos to come!

Before and After: a Dresser Transformation

What do you do with an old secondhand chest that you're tired of looking at? You replace the hardware and paint a quilt on the front, of course!
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My husband and I bought this used dresser when we got married and had nothing, 20 years ago. Now that I have transformed my guestroom into an artist's studio, it now functions as storage for my fabric, paints, and craft equipment.

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I sanded down the whole thing, painted it white, then sketched on a quilt across the drawer fronts, sealed it, and added white knobs that fit into the new design. As a last step, I covered the old recesses from the previous hardware with nameplates that are velcroed on and interchangable.