Dorothy Draper Dresser DIY

way back in August, I started to re-do the green campaign dresser that yall love (see post here: oooooooops)

I finished this back in August

but I couldn't post because 

a. I had to decorate the top so it wasn't blahh, 

b. I had to vacuum, 

c. I had to take pictures with a legitimate camera and that meant finding the charger.... which.. I found back in August.

So really the main roadblock here was my sheer ability to be unbelievably lazy.

Well here we are in February, and I'll give you a little history. The green campaign dressers were inspired by Vanessa De Vargas. She's a friggin genius. I loved that project, and version II is in the works right now.

I needed a lower dresser for the bedroom. Mainly because I have too many clothes, but also because my brain puts rooms together like puzzles that I can't explain in words, but the fact that the dresser I had was high and shouldn't have been high was making me wonk-eyed every time I walked in the bedroom. Not the most zen experience.

Enter fun new game called: let's copy baby furniture. (Uptown by Nurseryworks, inspired by Dorothy Draper)

Fact: Blue Ivy Carter sleeps in this: Vetro Crib by Nurseryworks

 I started with this hot mess:

cut out my template:

(hand-drawn... don't ask how. I will mail you a copy if you want)

measure, tape, measure, tape

trace trace trace

tape tape tape

I actually have a tip I can give you: makeup brushes from CVS are the SH*TS meow for painting small areas like this. And they're cheaper than the ones from Benjamin Moore.

done! So impatient I popped the hardware back on while it was still wet.

mission complete baby

Here's a before and after (How-to-put-moulding-on-a-crappy-door-and-paint-it-bright-blue-post coming soon)

BEFORE:

AFTER:

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dressing room

I would love to have a dressing room that looked like this.


1. because it would be nice to have all those clothes to fill an entire room, and 2. that would mean I could dedicate an entire room to dressing, which would also be nice.







however, this is realistically how things would work out for that ottoman.





beat it, poodle

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Robert Passal

After Molly sent me this picture I immediately wanted to find the person that put it together..




I found youu Robert Passal (creepy voice) and I think you are fantastic.



He said juxtaposition and cocoon at lease 534 times.

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oooooooops

so I posted that picture of my living room and some of you readers got ticked and emailed me because you saw the green campaign dresser being repainted.

I'm beyond flattered and actually quite grateful that you actually care.. so here is a quick explanation:

1. the original green campaign dresser I painted is perfect for our bedroom (6 drawers to hold my clothes, good shelf space on top where we can put a TV so I can watch Law&Order, Criminal Minds, and CSI Miami (don't you say a thing about Horatio))... I'm planning on painting it white with a "draper-esque" design that I'm copying from a crib design from nurseryworks.com. (That isn't an actual dresser in the picture above, I just copied the bottom of their crib (which you can find HERE) 3 times and stacked it).

2. the original black nightstands suck as nightstands. They are huge clunkers, and I never primed them before I lacquered them (HUGE mistake), so you can literally run your finger over the top like you're looking for dust and you will peel the paint off. So they are getting painted green. But not the original "orbit green" from glidden, most likely Neon Green by Benjamin Moore, which isn't as scary as it sounds, but much closer to Vanessa de Vargas' original color.

So that's what's happening.

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Julia B. Linens

If I had a billion dollars I would spend half of it on sheets.


The picture below is how I feel when I am laundering my sheets with my dog in the sun in my backyard with bird helpers:



Julia B. carries a modern and fresh take on classic sheets, with double edging, ribbon ties, and exaggerated scalloped edges, all with classic Porthault-y monograms. Check please.

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