Boho Style Green and Copper Feathered Dresser Makeover

Welcome back my Beauties.  I know I have been absent for a while but I know that you all know the reason for that.

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If you have been following me on Instagram 
then you know what emotions I have been going through the last few weeks and whats been occupying my time. 
But I have finished with closing up my mommas house and am now home and trying to finally get into my regular routine.
One of those routines is BLOGGING, so today I am finally back with a makeover.
You can see from the top picture one of many reasons this dresser needed a makeover.

The most prominent being the missing drawer glide.
You can see by the picture how the drawer just DROPPED down into the space of the bottom drawer because it had nothing to stop it.
I knew I could fix it pretty easily so I grabbed from the thrift shop and brought it home.

My simple fix for this problem was a piece of scrap lumber and my Ryobi Airstrike Nailer

I cut a piece of scrap wood the size of the old glide and nailed it into place. Easy Peasy!

You can see here from the side view how the drawer now sits evenly supported in place.

Once I had the drawer fixed I could move on to the fun part of the makeover....Paint.
I didn't have the time to go out and get new hardware as I was finishing this project 2 days before I left for Florida.
I decided to use Copper Spray paint and just give the old hardware a new look with a new finish.

While that was drying, I gave the dresser a couple coats of  a custom green paint on the base and a dark chocolate on the top.
Since I wanted to give this a BOHO vibe I decided to add some copper feathers to the fronts.
I just used a Large Feather Stencil and some Copper craft paint to add the detail to the fronts.

I LOVED how it made the dresser fronts POP!

Green and Copper has always been one of my favorite color combos! 

I am so glad I was able to save this piece of furniture and that hopefully soon it is welcomed into someones home!

Thank you so much for sticking with me for these last few months and I hope you will keep coming back to see what makeovers I have planned for the New Year!

Until next time,

Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

DIY Vintage Driftwood Shiplap Copper Christmas Signs.

Welcome back my Beauties!

Its beginning to feel a lot like CHRISTMAS!!

Just kidding...its not..

and most likely this will be the ONLY Christmas decor post I do.

Plus I usually don't do them before Thanksgiving just on a personal principle but I will be gone for 2 weeks in Florida

closing down my moms house there, so we can sell it now that she is gone.

I figure I am not going to feel Real Christmasy when I get back 

from there and I will be getting home only a few days before Thanksgiving.

Being gone that long will also mean that I have to play MASSIVE catch up back home once I get back.

So that means I will be in Furniture painting BEAST MODE for the store. 

So there is you reasoning for my EARLY Christmas post.

(also if you could say a little prayer or send some good vibes my way, I am VERY VERY nervous and sad about closing down my moms house. If you have been following me all these years you know how many memories we have with my momma down there.

This will be the very first time I step on her porch and not have her there to hug me. It will also be the last time we see the place as it will be up for sale and will all take place while we are back home.)

Now that I got that off my brain, lets move on to the project. 

You can see me here measuring how much room I would need for each word before I cut the boards. I used my AIRSTRIKE to nail the two ship lap pieces together.

Way back this summer, we were at our friends property on Lake Michigan. As is our usual we walk the beach looking for driftwood.

The kids run ahead and see if they can find any good pieces for MOM.  Well this year we found a bunch of sea grass rolled up in balls on the shore and in between them washed up were a bunch of broken pieces of vintage shiplap! Somehow they had floated ashore on the beach and I was glad to do a little beach cleanup and take the driftwood shiplap home with me.

When the kids asked me what I was going to do with it,

I casually said..."Oh, I will probably end up using them for Christmas signs" .

Fast forward 4 months later and I am shopping at Target in the dollar spot and they have these cute little cut out wood "JOY" and "NOEL" signs for just a few bucks. 

My brain went into create mode and said.."SHIPLAP"

I got home grabbed my shiplap and got out my Mitre Saw

and cut them into the size I needed to fit the words.

Then I grabbed my copper spray paint and sprayed both of the words with it.

While those were drying I dry brushed my driftwood pieces so that the copper wording would pop.

Once everything was dry I used my Ryobi Airstrike nailer to attach them to the driftwood.

I love how the copper is so warm against the worn whitewashed ship lap.

I had made these to sell, but I am kinda in LOVE with them,

and I am thinking I either need to make a few more or just keep it. 

 Here they are sitting on my mantle. 

Which honestly might be as decorated as it gets this Christmas.

I hope you enjoyed this fun little Christmas Craft.

Hopefully, things go well in Florida.

Until next time, 

Go make someones day BEAUTIFUL.