All Retro Laminate Furniture Goes to Heaven

I am retro laminate furniture's dream.  Nuff said.

I would love to buy new furniture every year.  I love furniture and I wish that I had the financial means to switch things in my house out for new stuff whenever the mood strikes me.  Unfortunately, the Langfords live on planet Earth, and I pretty sure the selfish people that lived here before us cut down that blasted money tree and took it with them.   Trust me I have looked everywhere for it, even under the deck.  So for now, Matt and I are stuck with our perfectly fine old furniture.

That brings to me to the point of this tale, which I will sing to you in the tune of Will Smith's "Fresh Prince of Belair"

This is a story all about how

Our furniture got painted and tricked out now

I'd like to take a minute...tell a story to you

About how our old furniture became brand new.

Out in East Sunrise born and raised

was a boy called Matt who played most of his days

Running around, his parents said

We should buy Matt a dresser and a bed.

Twenty years later who would have known

Matt and I would still be giving that furniture a home.

Laminate, Brass, Retro and Gold

The only thing it lacked was a nice coat of mold.

So I...grabbed up a brush and a can full of paint

All that hard work, I felt like a Saint.

Now as it sits so new in the room

I can definitely say it is no longer doomed.

Two decades later you can't even tell

that his laminate furniture was headed to hell.

Good intentions and a sweet little wife

To that old furniture she gave new life.

Okay, so was that rocking rhyme a complete waste of time or pure genius?
Don't answer that!

Before:

Anyway, I finally finished giving Matt's 20+ year old bedroom set a make over so we could continue using it in our guest bedroom.  I think it has come a long way from where it started, and I will feel comfortable giving it a home for at least another 2.5 years, or until I find that blasted money tree.

After:

Much better!

Project as promised

Well, project #1 is completed.  I know I have mentioned several times about these "projects" I am going to do, and usually I buy all of the stuff to complete them but um...never actually get around to completing them.  But score one for me because I completed it!  I mentioned several weeks ago going exploring at a local antique mall and about all of the little treasures I found there.

One thing I found was a set of tacky little shutters that you would find at someone's house that likes to decorate in a country theme.  

 (No offense if you have something like this at your house.)

(eww)

(close up of said shutters)

So, what do you think I am going to do with them....well prepare to be amazed!

It is now, a stylish, pistachio card/memo holder!  I can't wait until I get back to Georgia and can hang this on my kitchen wall to keep up with all of the cute cards/photos we recieve!

(close up of finished product)

Look back for more things to come, now that I finished something it feels good.  I love the euphoria I feel from taking something from trash to treasure.  Now I will just sit here and wait for HGTV to call me and ask me if I would like my own TV show??  Yes please!