Painting furniture

This month I decided to get crafty.  I had this old dresser that was in "okay" condition but was in need of some tender loving care.  After reading a few posts from Pinterest on how to paint furniture, I opted to try it out on my old friend here.  This is the before:

Notice the broken handle on the top drawer.  What you don't see is that the drawers had lost their track holder thingy that keeps them in the dresser.  The side of this dresser was also falling off.  But, nonetheless, it was a sturdy piece of furniture and I wanted to give it a new life.

This is the post I followed with all of the instructions and details. Her piece even looks like mine (or vice versa).

The first weekend involved sanding and filling the old holes with wood putty.  Along with the requisite trip to Home Depot to stock up on the necessary supplies!

The second week/weekend involved priming, painting and second-coating the dresser and the drawers.

The third and final weekend resulted in covering the piece with polyurethane and adding the new hardware.

End result:

Not bad for an amateur furniture painter, right?

I wanted to do the two-tone as she did in the tutorial but after getting back from Home Depot without the white paint to mix with the Prescott Green, I opted out on that step.  Mind you, a True Value hardware store is less than 1 block from my house but never-you-mind that minor detail.

Overall, I am very happy with the outcome.  It turned out a little "sea foam" green but lucky for me, this piece is going into the beach themed guest room so it fits perfectly with the decor.

What do you think?

Blueprint Cleanse homemade - updated!

Update on my homemade Blueprint Cleanse:

Starting weight

4/29 - 137.8

Today's weight

5/3 - 129.8

Net loss 

8 pounds!   Wooo Hoo!

I ran out of juice on Tuesday and was still inspired to keep up with the cleanse so I made three more days worth of juice!   I also thought it would be great to use reusable glass jars instead of wasting plastic bottles on each batch.  Aren't they just too cute?  

I will admit - I cheated!  But only slightly.  Any website that talks about juice cleanses will explain the importance of using colonics while juicing.  Well let's just say that's not going to happen.  So I did my own version - Twizzlers.  For whatever reason, they always do the trick for me.  So on Tuesday night I had two (and tonight I just had 6!)

I also had a work lunch Tuesday and today so I had a salad both days and just cut out the green juice for the day and made sure my calories were still in check (they were).

I still have two more days of juice to finish so I will complete those and then move on to eating "clean" and mostly fruits and veggies for a week.  I have some travel in the middle of the week so that inhibits my juice plan a bit.  It also forces me to take a break from the juice.  It is addicting to feel this good and lose this much in 5 days!