Restoration Hardware Dresser Take 2

I have to admit this is not my favorite DIY piece- like the one I did HERE.  But there are sometimes you just have to go with it and know you tried your best.  And lets just be honest-its a whole-heck-of-a lot better than what I started out with. 

The treatment was the same as the other dresser. Citristrip  and more Citristrip, then sanding, then whitewash with Chalk Paint, then driftwood gray deck & patio stain- finished off with a slather of MinWax clear paste.  

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Frugalicious Friday

YOU KNOW YOU GOT A GOOD DEAL WHEN..........

So on my normal weekly visit to HomeGoods I spotted these chairs that screamed Restoration Hardware,but whispered Im only $149!!
So of course I had to snatch them up- I mean really they "wanted" me!

Here's the Restoration Hardware version:

At $279 a chair (which does not include shipping & handling)

Then I noticed on the bottom of the chair: Safavieh - which is a rug maker-but apparently they sell furniture too.  So I looked them up and low & behold there was my chair:

For $295 a chair!! (which does not include shipping & handling)

So I think its pretty safe to say..... I got a good deal!

P.S.- they only had 2 chairs at my local store- so I drove an hour South and found 1 more- so I'm just needing 1 more!!!  Im on a hunt! Its on like donkey-kong!!!

Knock-Off Decor

Have you heard of this site?  Knock Off Decor is a DIY'ers dream site!!  It is chock full of amazing knock offs from stores like Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Ballard Designs, even Horchow!  

I was sooo excited to get a an email today informing me that my Restoration Hardware inspired dresser was going to be featured! 

So head on over to Knock Off Decor for some great ideas of how-to's for knock offs of your favorite stores. 

Faux Greenery

Im not a big fan of faux floral or greenery unless it looks real.  I mean so real that you have to touch it to make sure.  I have always loved all the faux boxwood that Restoration Hardware has in there store.

 But at over $70 a piece I have to just walk away.  So, much to my excitement, the other day I was at HomeGoods (I know, surprise, surprise) and spied this faux garden sphere in an aged-terra cotta looking bowl for.......wait for it............... $19!!!  I think its just a nice as the Restoration Hardware one and with the money I saved I was able to buy that neat little garden bust next to it.  He creeps my family out- but I like him!  I think he needs a name too.  Paul? Herman? Thor? (kidding!! we saw that movie this weekend-he's a cutie for sure)

So are you a fan of faux?  or are you a fresh flowers kinda person? 

Another Restoration Hardware DIY

Well another piece of furniture has succumbed to my sander.  My dining room table has bothered me since the day I got a wild hair to spray paint it brown.  (note to self: NEVER spray paint a piece of furniture in 100 degree weather) So for over a year I have lived with this painted, splotchy table.  After my success at Restoration-Hardware-ifying my dresser , I decided to tackle my table.


BEFORE:

 Notice the glossy splotch?




AFTER:

And now to decide what to do with the chairs.  Part of me doesn't want to stain them because it will be too matchey-matchey.  What I reeeeally want are these chairs from Restoration Hardware.

BUT thats over $1,200 in chairs!!  So for now Im on the hunt for something similar that I can reupholster myself.


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Restoration Hardware inspired dresser

Remember my GoodWill find I scored a few weeks ago?

My inspiration:

Via: Restoration Hardware

Well here she is all "Restoration-Hardware-ified" (thats a word right?)

Let me 1st just say WOW-this was for sure a labor of love.  I used two different strippers.  

Then sanded, then sanded again, oh wait-then sanded again.  All those curve & grooves were painful.  And Im sure there is some cool state of the art tool out there to help but I resorted to q-tips and one of my kids sand box toys!

After all the sanding-I applied a wash of Annie Sloans chalk paint in Old White.  I mixed one part paint and 1 part water.  
After the wash dried I applied a gray stain & wiped it down.  
Here is one of the drawers with just the wash (on theleft) and here it is with the stain applied on top (right).

Here it is in her new spot in the dining room (I have no clue why I refer to my furniture in the female-tense).

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