Sunday, October 25, 2009

creatively thrifty

the money required to buy and furnish a house astounds me, which means that i must try to be creatively thrifty. so when my realtor, pam, asked if i'd like to have a daybed that they were trying to give away... i gladly accepted.

it's a nice daybed... but the color wasn't going to go with the rest of the house... so i'm in the middle of a project to make it match. here are pictures of the process:

the original white:


primed:


painted and pretty: