Anyway, last week I was antsy to replace the oak dresser in the boys' room because the drawers were falling apart. I envisioned a nice, navy blue replacement. I even thought to myself, "This is it, my last piece of 90s oak furniture will officially be out of the house!"
But, a navy blue dresser was not to be found. To improvise, I found a white one and bought blue paint. I came home and started on my project. I quickly realized my navy blue dresser was actually the color of those exit signs off the freeway that let you know there's food or gas at the next exit. My dresser looked like a giant, bright blue warning sign!
I went back to the store and got a darker color. I applied it and LOVED it. I even applied polyurethane to protect the dresser against chips (again, those who know me will be impressed I even know about polyurethane!)
Here's the final product:
After feeling so proud of myself and my move into the 2000s, I walked into our formal dining room and there staring me in the face was my large OAK dining room table.
Oops, I forgot about that! To my credit though, it's in the one room in our house that's almost NEVER used. Seriously, when we have friends or family over, no one ever goes in the formal dining room. We mainly use it when the missionaries come over for dinner. So, it's not too far of a stretch that I'd forget about the furniture in that room. I began hatching a plan to replace the table and chairs - but felt too guilty since they've rarely been used. So alas, I still have a little 90s oak. Maybe if I hold out long enough it will come back in style. My black stretch pants did!
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I am SO PROUD of you!! It looks fantastic. A little coat of paint can make you feel so good! You could paint your oak dining room table...just a thought!! ;)
I'm so glad to hear that you hung on to your black stretch pants. You may be right about the oak table, try and hold out.
Way to go on the painting project! The dresser looks great!
The dresser does look great. I hate that everything goes out of style. Just when I get ready to finally buy some decent furniture, I have to think about whether or not I even want it to hold up for 20 years.
I bought a lot of oak things when we first got married too. It is pretty woody. Ah well.
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I love the blue paint. The dresser looks AWSOME!!! :)
Wow - what a great job! I am just waiting for oak to come back in and then my whole house will be really cool again.
Thanks for helping my mom out and having Chad and Halle for swimming, playing and gymnastics!
I love your painting project. It looks perfect! I think you are totally right about the oak - it will definitely come back around. There was a time when I couldn't imagine furniture in any other style! I'm hoping for a revival of the laminate covered particle board furniture - if that ever comes around, I'm set.
Oh, I have so many fond memories of sitting around that oak table planning, laughing, and gossiping! It's ok if you keep it a little longer. :) Love the dresser! We got our kids blue furniture at the bedroom store in the Northtown mall for future reference.
Hi Carolyn! How are you doing? I am thinking of painting my boy's dresser blue! What brand of blue paint did you use??
Cute dresser. I'm so impressed with your skills. It seems like tables become dated so quickly and they are so expensive. Hang onto it and you can give it to Ally when she gets married. That's what Loren and Lynnette did for Cherise and she has the cutest table that originally belonged to Jason's parents. I would love to have it.
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