6.14.2011

~ It All Adds Up ~

So ... take one "Edland" chest from Ikea and add ...



... four "Violette" knobs from Anthropologie ...



... splash on 57 coats of lovely "Calabash" paint by Martha Stewart at Home Depot ...



... and voila ... you have the loveliest of chests of drawers to grace your guest room.

Perhaps I should mentioned that Ms. Gee (of Riley Noehren fame) was the instigator of this entire Memorial Day project, pretty much because she was driven to do the assembling for me. As in ... I'm not sure I have ever seen her happier. Along with being a lawyer/author/crafter extraordinaire, she would like to add Ikea Assembler to her resume. The fact that she lives walking distance from an Ikea has only fueled this passion.

But ... I want it on the record that I did all of the painting.

And the knob installation.

Now ... if I could just have some guests for my guest room, my life would be complete.
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4 comments:

Ginger said...

very pretty! And my word verification word is "swedish" how appropriate!

Mrs. Dub said...

Um, we're coming in two weeks. Does that count?

Mary said...

Mrs. Dub ~

You and the Dubettes are the very guests I was thinking about!

Mums

Riley Noehren said...

It turned out better than I even expected! The paint and knob combination is perfect.

I have sworn off Ikea furniture, but I do love to assemble it. Living walking distance from one isn't all it's cracked up to be, unless you're really into meatballs. It's hard to walk home with anything purchased at that store.