weekend rewind.

this weekend i decided to tackle a little diy project. i wanted to repaint an old dresser that's been sitting around the house.

i wanted to paint the dresser in a soft seafoam/powdery blue color. i decided on martha stewart's sea anemone with a semi-gloss finish. the color did turn out lighter than anticipated. the online swatch is much more true to the color than the paper swatch, but no biggie.

i also revamped the hardware with the violette knob from anthropologie. i had a tough time deciding between that and the glass melon knob, but i think i made the right choice.

redoing the dresser didn't take much. i did a bit of sanding, a lot of elbow grease to get the old knobs off, the rest was just painting and drying time. all in all it was a pretty quick and easy project. now i just need to find some pretty matching wallpaper to line the shelves!

...before

the old knobs

during the makeover process

...after

the semi-gloss sheen in all of its glory

detail