Three Re-purposed dresser's

Next month we have two sibling Grand baby's

who's birthday's are only 2 days apart.

This little family choose to move back to Montana...

2 days after I came back from the wedding...they 

were gone...

we are making a trip to Montana because we have one small load

still left of our thing's...at this time we also

take some of there thing's that were left behind...

This is a young family, so just covering the bill's

is there greatest challenge. 

Our little Grandson who will be one in October has his own

room for the first time...but the only thing in his room

is a playpen that he sleep's in...

SO......

Nana decided to give him a room for his Birthday :)

His momma wanted Green...

So my inspiration came from this pottery barn Valance...

I got it of ebay for $9.00 shipping and all.

and it was sent directly to them.

   

I found this dresser for $35 and almost forgot

to take a before picture.

And here is his dresser after. This dresser was in good condition!

I sprayed painted the original handles a sage green...

the drawers are a soft beige.

I added 'Nana' paw prints :)

I found the lamp and toy's at goodwill. the lamp was only

$3.85

the other toys came in a $2.50 goodie bag!!!

I washed them and got batteries and have already sent the toy's in

a care package to them.

  

I painted the lil car on the lamp base a sage green. It was blue and i painted

the trim on the lamp shade and the car on the lampshade also a sage

green to Ty it into his room.

I added a little owl :) so they know it was made with love :)

I found shelf's at goodwill and the red rack...

The heart shelf was at the red rack and was $5.99

the plain shelf was $2.99 at goodwill and the

little Noah's ark rack was only $1.99

then I found the little wooden chair at goodwill for $3.99

These two shelf's are for our grandson's room

I love the pegs that allow

for a backpack and coat.

As i was doing the pic's to this post..I realized I didn't have a picture of the lil

chair all finished. I found a cute vintage picture for it and wrote

our grandson's name on his chair. I will

have to take a picture of it once his room is all set up :)

This little grandson, we were told was a girl!!!

It was 'Nana" who saw that this little girl

had a 'package' when she entered the world

the soul laughter is brought me,

not even 3 months after my mother passed away

had me laughing for day's...you can read that fun post

here by clicking the link below

Sometimes the greatest gift is soul laughter 

we wouldn't trade this lil man

for anything...

He is the happiest, easy going, laid back...

lil man!

These two grandchildren we are very close too...very...

so being this far away is a bit difficult, hard and worrisome.

His bond tho....was made with his Papa,

for Papa it was the first grandchild he got to see

grow in there first year of life on a regular basis.

Papa always worked out of town, he missed out on allot

of children growing up and grand babies growing up.

Papa's nick name for this little grandson is 'Poot'

  

This was the last time I held him...it was the first of August...

I was saying Good-bye...

The reason, he bonded with Papa...is

simple...you see his big sister...is all Nana's girl!

and adjusting to little brother, when Nana came, she came running...

passing everyone by..to throw herself into Nana's arm's

and that leads us to the dresser I did

for a grand daughter who has stolen my heart completely.

This dresser I got for $30...but it had a warped top and

didn't have all the fun lines as the other dresser.

I had to wood glue the top and use some screws to get it back were

it belonged.

Here is the dresser after. In this picture you will see that

the drawer with the princess is a bit off kilter...

we fixed that..but alas I have no picture of it and will take one

once her room is set up.

  

I added some wooden embellishments to dress it up more!

and there was a knob clearance sale...so all the wonderful

knobs were only $2.00 and $2.50 but there was Not

enough knobs..so we used 2 of each kind :)

I was 2 knob's short, so I took two of the original knobs and

painted them pink.

the princess stencil..was only $2.99

and it added that wonderful girl'y touch...

I hope she lights up..with the princess dresser

Nana made for her...

all the dressers are lined with new contact paper.

And Nana added a owl...my signature..for made with love!

When this little grand daughter came into the world...

It was the first birth I saw...funny but even with my own,

there was never a mirror or anything...

and so I had no clue that Babies 'Blossom'

they come out and unfold in a way that

is so beautiful and such a miracle!

Her momma was single...her Daddy was there...

but quickly things got very chaotic.

so to this grand daughter, I became

the second parent...

It was truly not a position I wanted...because

of my own heart strings...and leaving in 2012

to go on the road was one of the hardest decision's I had to make.

The greatest gift I could give my own daughter..was

her daughter, and the greatest gift I could give this

grand daughter was her momma.

In some ways it was like the movie, raising Helen..

I was there to show her how...to be a mom.

she has the natural mom gene and is a very

hyper vigilant mom..but she was nervous

so when this little grand baby had colic...her

momma got nervous...babies feel this...

so she calmed down in Nana' arm's...

and that was hard on our Mother daughter dynamic...

YES, I was the other parent...

and I don't love her more...

I know her, I am bonded for life

with this little thing

that runs to Nana every time I show up!

 we made her shelf to match her dresser. she has a single bed, a sparkly curtain,

and a night stand in her room.

I received a phone call yesterday..from my "poppie' that is my dutch version

of dolly :)

in the box with her brothers toy's were also some toys for her...

and Nana found this princess dress for only $5.99 I washed and Ironed

it and sent it to her..she was so excited :)

Her momma, got to hang out with princess Belle

all day yesterday...oh how Nana would have

loved that!

but we will be seeing them next month!

and that brings us to the last dresser

This was my husbands dresser growing up.

In real good condition!

and I turned it into this for our daughter :)

My daughter also like bling...so we changed the knobs on this one 

as well!

I added a wood embellishment

and slightly distressed this dresser.

The knobs. this picture came out lighter

And this Picture came out a bit darker...

but I love how this turned out :)

can I ask for prayers for this daughter and her family!

they are young, but with 2 children

she is a wonderful mom and her children

have changed her life...but it takes more then

love to raise children..it takes money..

and we are in that spot...with helping,

but not wanting to in able...it's

a hard spot to be ...when your

heart loves the way it does.

Thank you! for stopping by!