Allow me to give you an "in progress" report on the house I've been furnishing!
A few "before" and "after" photos:
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These old kitchen cabinet drawer sections were 50 cents apiece. |
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When I replaced the missing knob on the bottom drawer, I had to pay
a whole $3 -- SIX times what I paid for the drawers!
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Drawer segments "after".
They started out as a console to go under the big screen TV and ended up being a sofa table/desk unit behind the sofa
(see photo below where they "kinda" show). |
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$10 dresser. Looks good in this shot but the top was scarred up and dimpled from water damage. |
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Dresser after (with doors still to be put back on) |
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Boring, blah, bland, blonde night stands with ugly laminate tops -$12.50 each |
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Nightstand after. |
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The whole "Zen" bedroom. |
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$2 frame. |
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Not a close-up but an "after" shot of the frame. Inside is a burlap-like fabric and paper letters.
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I bought three of these chairs (complete with puppy-chewing damage on the lower spindles) for a total of $4.50 for all three. |
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$10 partially-stripped drop leaf table. |
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Chairs and drop leaf table "after". They all ended up going elsewhere in the room. These things have a life of their own! |
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The livingroom partially done.
The candle holders on the table (which still need two more candles and a bamboo tray underneath them!)
are old metal weightlifting weights. |
MORE LATER!
You are so talented!!!
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