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Dresser Makeover – Second Time’s a Charm

Sometimes I get it wrong. R E A L L Y wrong.

A few months ago I was in love with Kelly Green (still am actually) and I painted a pretty French provincial-type dresser a bold green. You can read about it here.

It looked like this originally:

And then came Kelly:

But NOW (and forevermore to remain) here is the newly transformed aqua dresser:

Smitten I am.

SO smitten, in fact, that she has taken up residence in our entryway. The aqua plays beautifully with the new softer shade of gray on the walls. The dresser is painted Sherwin-Williams Raindrop (satin finish) and the walls are Sherwin-Williams Gray Clouds (flat finish). I highly highly recommend this color combination.

Here she is standing serenely in the entryway.

She’s a Guinevere.

The name just came to me when I saw her. And then Dictionary tells me that Guinevere means “fair” and “smooth.”

I melt. We were meant to be.

It’s a sickness people.

I couldn’t resist adding in some bird nests…and the pashmina/scarf that circulates through my decor.

Okay…one last before and after:

Done. and Done.

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Pashmina Decor

My dear dear friend Marjorie has spent the past year in Afghanistan. (You ROCK and all of our service men and women ROCK TOO!) She has sent me several beautiful pashmina scarves that I don’t have as much opportunity to wear as I would like.

SO I figured out a way to turn these beautiful scarves into home decor pieces.

First, the CHAIR. (Yes, it is an outdoor chair that we are using indoors.)

Now I remove the pillow and drape the Pashmina.

Then add a cuter pillow.

You can see that the pashmina softens the look of the chair and makes an inviting corner in the master bedroom.

 

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